The act or process of making crippled or disabled; rendering something unable to function.
From 'becriple' with the '-ing' suffix; creates both a gerund (noun) and progressive verb form.
The gerund 'becrippling' shifts focus to the traumatic process of becoming disabled rather than just the state—'the becrippling of the soldiers in war' is more emotionally resonant than 'the disabling.'
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