cripple:to cause great damage to something, 表示“严重破坏（组织、体系）”（damage…badly）

The war has crippled the economy.

Not long ago floods crippled millions of households in Shouguang, Shandong Province.

Stage fright crippled him.

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The only way to make apartheid （种族隔离）work is to cripple the black mind.

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翻译：

台风山竹（Typhoon Mangkhut）严重破坏了香港和广东地区的电力供应和通讯服务。

（参考翻译：Typhoon Mangkhut has crippled the electricity supply and communication services in Hong Kong and Guangdong. ）

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造句

The hefty medical expense had crippled the whole family.

The classmates' indifference crippled the student who was bullied in the school.