Definition of cripples:
(n) :
(offensive) A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
(n) :
(by extension, figurative) A person who is severely impaired or deficient in some non-physical way.
(v) :
To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired.
(v) :
(figuratively) To damage seriously; to destroy.
(v) :
(figuratively) To cause severe and disabling damage; to make unable to function normally.
(v) :
To release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless.