as in paralyzed
affected with paralysis
at first, he would not accept that he was now paralytic and needed help
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In this horror/thriller, a woman alone in the forests of Big Sur must escape a serial killer with just 20 minutes left before her body completely shuts down due to a paralytic drug.
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Lisa Respers France, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
Popular on Variety In conversations Variety had with multiple top sales agencies, a common silver lining emerged: in-house production is down across the board at the legacy studios and streamers, mostly thanks to the paralytic effect of the 2023 actor-and-writer strikes.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024
Since then, a paralytic shellfish poisoning outbreak has sickened at least 31 people in Oregon, according to the Oregon Health Authority.
—TIME, 11 June 2024
And the same year a 20-year-old man in Rockland County, New York State, became the U.S.’s first case of paralytic polio in nearly a decade.
—Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2024
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Lisa Respers France, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
Popular on Variety In conversations Variety had with multiple top sales agencies, a common silver lining emerged: in-house production is down across the board at the legacy studios and streamers, mostly thanks to the paralytic effect of the 2023 actor-and-writer strikes.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024
Since then, a paralytic shellfish poisoning outbreak has sickened at least 31 people in Oregon, according to the Oregon Health Authority.
—TIME, 11 June 2024
And the same year a 20-year-old man in Rockland County, New York State, became the U.S.’s first case of paralytic polio in nearly a decade.
—Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Paralytic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paralytic. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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