be impotent
werkwoord
Roget 158:
be impotent
etc.
adj.;
not have a leg to stand on.
vouloir rompre l'anguille au genou [Fr.],
vouloir prendre la lune avec les dents [Fr.].
collapse,
faint,
swoon,
fall into a swoon,
drop;
go by the board,
go by the wayside;
go up in smoke,
end in smoke
etc.
(fail)
732.
render powerless
etc.
adj.;
deprive of power;
disable,
disenable†;
disarm,
incapacitate,
disqualify,
unfit,
invalidate,
deaden,
cramp,
tie the hands;
double up,
prostrate,
paralyze,
muzzle,
cripple,
becripple†,
maim,
lame,
hamstring,
draw the teeth of;
throttle,
strangle,
garrotte,
garrote;
ratten†,
silence,
sprain,
clip the wings of,
put hors de combat [Fr.],
spike the guns;
take the wind out of one's sails,
scotch the snake,
put a spoke in one's wheel;
break the neck,
break the back;
unhinge,
unfit;
put out of gear.
unman,
unnerve,
enervate;
emasculate,
castrate,
geld,
alter,
neuter,
sterilize,
fix.
shatter,
exhaust,
weaken
etc.
160.
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