paralyses

verb
  1. 1

    To afflict with paralysis.

  2. 2

    To make unable to move; to immobilize.

  3. 3

    To make unable to function properly.

    โ€œThe transport strike paralysed the city.โ€

noun
  1. 1

    The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a person's body, such as one or more limbs.

  2. 2

    A state of being unable to act.

    โ€œThe government has been in a paralysis since it lost its majority in the parliament.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paralyse, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paralyses, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paralysis