paralyze
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make powerless and unable to function
The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation
Types & categories
- inactivate hypernym
Sense 2 verb
cause to be paralyzed and immobile
The poison paralyzed him
Types & categories
- immobilize hypernym
- palsy hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | inactivate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | immobilize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | palsy |