Paralyzes

Even though this thought process used to help us when we were younger, now, “We’re not really using it in a helpful way, and it really just gets us stuck down and creates a sense of depression and paralyzes us,” Joan stated.

He feels guilty that he’s not doing anything with his life, toiling away working nights at the health food bodega, but he’s so debilitated by his own sense of failure that the thought of making any kind of change paralyzes him further.

Now the word “Tax” paralyzes us.

The minister said the agreement creates an “unwarranted and unwelcomed burden” on generations of Antiguans and Barbudans “yet conceived and unborn”, while “it paralyzes” existing generations in related career fields.

An overload of standardized testing only paralyzes students with unnecessary layers of stress.

Their turning paralyzes undead, but requires maintenance each round, which is a nice compromise and preferable to the oftentimes annoying fleeing.

Although, in a form of parasitism called idiobiont, the adult paralyzes the host, so as not to kill it but for it to live as long as possible, for the parasitic larvae to benefit the most.

During the storyline's first phase, the new villain Bane paralyzes Batman, leading Wayne to ask Azrael to take on the role.

For example, Clostridium tetani releases a toxin that paralyzes muscles, and staphylococcus releases toxins that produce shock and sepsis.

In high concentrations, its toxin paralyzes the central nervous system of fish so they cannot breathe.

In the alkaline environment the protein partially unfolds and is cut by other proteins, forming a toxin that paralyzes the insect's digestive system and forms holes in the gut wall.

The piggies convince Miro to hide among them by crossing the electric barrier; he does so but suffers neurological damage that partially paralyzes him.

The toxin paralyzes diaphragm muscles and stops the person who has ingested it from breathing.

When discharged, it pierces the skin or chitinous exoskeleton of the prey and injects the poisonous fluid, hypotoxin, that either paralyzes the victim or kills it.