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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. make powerless and unable to function;
- Example: "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"
[syn: paralyze, paralyse]

2. cause to be paralyzed and immobile;
- Example: "The poison paralyzed him"
- Example: "Fear paralyzed her"
[syn: paralyze, paralyse]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Paralyse \Par"a*lyse\, v. t.
   Same as Paralyze.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

paralyse
    v 1: make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy
         paralyzes the entire operation" [syn: paralyze,
         paralyse]
    2: cause to be paralyzed and immobile; "The poison paralyzed
       him"; "Fear paralyzed her" [syn: paralyze, paralyse]