almost paralyse
Frequency: 5.53.1 per million words
Indicates being very close to a state of paralysis, but not completely.
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- The news of the disaster almost paralysed the entire nation.
- She stood there, almost paralysed with fear as the dog barked.
- The sudden drop in temperature almost paralysed the rescue operations.
- A massive strike almost paralysed the city's public transport yesterday.
- The complexity of the problem almost paralysed her ability to think clearly.
- The experimental drug almost paralysed the laboratory mice for several hours.
- Economic sanctions almost paralysed the country's industrial sector.
- Seeing the crash almost paralysed me with shock.
- The sheer scale of the project almost paralysed the new department.
- Heavy rain and flooding almost paralysed the coastal town.