What does paralyze mean?
Paralyze means (transitive) To afflict with paralysis..
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/ˈpæɹəlaɪz/ · verb
(transitive) To afflict with paralysis..
So I stood alone in horror / Paralyzed with fear and dread / When a voice dead and inhuman / Whispered to me "go, you fool, Warren's dead!"
The transport strike paralyzed the city.
Use paralyze when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Paralyze means (transitive) To afflict with paralysis..
Common synonyms include paralyse.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
So I stood alone in horror / Paralyzed with fear and dread / When a voice dead and inhuman / Whispered to me "go, you fool, Warren's dead!"
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