QUADRIPLEGIC Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

quadriplegic

adjective

Definition of quadriplegic

as in paraplegic

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Recent Examples of quadriplegic Some were recovering from surgery; others were quadriplegic or in palliative care. — Rachel Nuwer, Quanta Magazine, 17 July 2026 Aariana Rose Philip is an Antiguan American model and musician who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy. — Aariana Rose Philip, Vogue, 4 May 2026 The man who died was a quadriplegic, unable to escape on his own. — Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026 Sharod Knox has lived this way since a 2002 shooting left him quadriplegic and dependent on a ventilator. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025 Here’s one his many Se7en knockoffs, this one based on a series of novels about a quadriplegic cop, played by Washington, who teams with a rookie cop (Angelina Jolie) to take down a serial killer. — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025

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On the island, the team makes the acquaintance of Rex (Hayden Chamberlain), a paraplegic dog who has been stranded there for two years and in that time has befriended the dinosaurs and constructed an elaborate treehouse for himself.

— Caspar Salmon, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Others are blind or paraplegic, using wheelchairs, walkers or canes, like her.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of paraplegic

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Afterwards, Lindsay jumped out a second-story window in an apparent suicide attempt, which left her paralyzed from the waist down.

— Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
With public transport almost paralyzed, a round trip between the Havana neighborhoods of La Víbora and El Vedado in one of the few taxis still moving in Havana can cost 2000 pesos — $3 — or more.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

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Roell was later accused of abusing nonverbal special-needs students at Crosby Elementary School, authorities said.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
The couple had a son, Colin, and founded The Denver Foundation to help special-needs children after Colin was diagnosed with severe autism.

— Sophie Clausen, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026

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