Synonyms for paralyzing
par·a·lyz·ing

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1. List of paraphrases for "paralyzing":

   paralysing

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1. Hjalmar Schact:

   We worked and governed with incredible elan. We really ruled. For the bureaucrats of the Ministry the contrast to the Weimar Republic was stark. Party chatter in the Reichstag was no longer heard. The language of the bureaucracy was rid of the paralyzing formula: technically right but politically impossible.

2. Abbas Ibrahim:

   We showed our flexibility on many of the demands by Nusra Front, and completed all the commitments to implement the deal, it got to a point where we could not comply with paralyzing demands that the kidnappers made at the last minute.

3. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez:

   I am grateful to President Biden for the honor of nominating me, and I wish this administration well as it strives to overcome the paralyzing political gridlock that threatens far more than our nation's border, frankly, the dysfunction threatens America's heart and soul.

4. Joelle Craft:

   It's defeating to put another person on the ventilator, it's defeating to put another person in prone positioning or paralyzing them or watching them get more test tubes. It's defeating to watch health care providers that I care about or Joelle Craft stand at the bedside when someone dies alone. It's also defeating to watch somebody else get put in a body bag.

5. John Green:

   And as paralyzing and upsetting as all the never agains were, the final leaving felt perfect. Pure. The most distilled possible form of liberation. Everything that mattered except one lousy picture was in the trash, but it felt so great. I started jogging, wanting to put even more distance between myself and school. It is so hard to leave---until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.