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adjective·C2·9 letters
causing severe damage or weakness
Example sentence
The company suffered crippling losses during the recession.
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The company suffered crippling losses during the recession.
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- abhorrentlyin a hateful, disgusting way
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- abundantlyvery clearly, in great quantity
- accountabilitybeing responsible and answerable for actions
- accrueto accumulate gradually over time
- acreagean area of land in acres
- acrobaticshowing impressive gymnastic skill
- acrobaticallyin a gymnastically skillful way
- acrobaticsspectacular gymnastic or balancing feats
Levels come from the CEFR-J Vocabulary Profile v1.5 by Yukio Tono, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and the Octanove Vocabulary Profile C1/C2 by Octanove Labs, CC BY-SA 4.0 Meanings and example sentences are written by VocaFlare.
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