The explosion crippled "Chokai", making it vulnerable to air attack. Ra's allies himself with Bane, the man who once crippled and nearly killed Batman. Moscow was crippled by internal problems and thus unable to project power abroad. The 1974 Brisbane flood was a major disaster which temporarily crippled the city. Before she could be refloated, she was crippled by German E-boats and abandoned in place. The Panic of 1907 was a financial crisis that almost crippled the American economy. Carpentier also broke his thumb in that round, which crippled his chances. The war of independence had crippled the transportation system. After the airstrikes flew off, further Japanese attacks crippled her sister . After his death, the military was crippled by the succession wars of his sons. The Narrator finds them "at once vital, intense, inhuman, crippled and monstrous". The effects of war rationing had crippled the company. During Lorenzo's tenure, Eastern was crippled by severe labor unrest. Itachi, a bandit who betrayed Hibukuro and sided with the authorities, crippled Hibukuro. By targeting oil refineries and factories, they crippled the German war effort by late 1944.