cripple-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: injure badly, disable

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 CRIPPLE NP2

Examples:
The accident crippled him for life.
He remembers that he crippled himself.

Mappings:
VerbNet: orphan-29.7
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: cripple.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 2: deprive of strength/make useless

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 CRIPPLE NP2

Examples:
It has seriously crippled our efforts to spread democracy in a less
aggressive fashion that eschews military pre-emption.
I'm convinced the left leaning media would have crippled our
efforts in WWII.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1