as in paralyzed
affected with paralysis
at first, he would not accept that he was now paralytic and needed help
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Recent Examples of paralytic
Two others are blooming, including Alexandrium, which creates saxitoxin and causes paralytic shellfish poisoning that can be harmful to marine mammals and humans, and Akashiwo sanguinea, which can cause hypothermia in sea birds.
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2025
An additional 200,000 paralytic polio cases per year if programs are permanently ceased.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
In addition to performance anxiety, my rigid musical education had left me with an almost paralytic inability to improvise or play by ear.
—Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
In her memoirs, Twin Voices, Jan writes how in her classroom of 24 students, eight were diagnosed with paralytic polio.
—Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2025
An additional 200,000 paralytic polio cases per year if programs are permanently ceased.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
In addition to performance anxiety, my rigid musical education had left me with an almost paralytic inability to improvise or play by ear.
—Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
In her memoirs, Twin Voices, Jan writes how in her classroom of 24 students, eight were diagnosed with paralytic polio.
—Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paralytic
Adjective
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Carl Schulze, of Neenah, has used a wheelchair since 2007, when an accident severed his spinal cord and left him completely paralyzed.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
26 July 2025
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In June 2022, his face was left partially paralyzed following a Ramsay Hunt Syndrome diagnosis, which forced him to halt his Justice tour and then cancel it entirely.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Screenshots from a July 23 TikTok video of a disabled cat managing to get onto his owner's bed without any assistance.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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Social Security provides monthly benefit checks to more than 70 million Americans, including retirees, disabled individuals and families.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
24 July 2025
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“Paralytic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paralytic. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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