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maim
[ meym ]
verb (used with object)
- to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple:
The explosion maimed him for life.
- to impair; make essentially defective:
The essay was maimed by deletion of important paragraphs.
Synonyms: , , ,
noun
- a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- an injury or defect; blemish; lack.
maim
/ meɪm; ˈmeɪmɪdnɪs /
verb
- to mutilate, cripple, or disable a part of the body of (a person or animal)
- to make defective
noun
- obsolete.an injury or defect
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¾²¹¾±³¾±ð°ù, noun
- maimedness, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¾²¹¾±³¾Â·±ð°ù noun
- °ù±ð·³¾²¹¾±³¾ verb (used with object)
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of maim1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He shared with me another picture, of his maimed hand, only now it also bore a tattooed message which expressed that his wounds were a cheap sacrifice in honour of Nasrallah, the late Hezbollah leader.
Unicef said "relentless and indiscriminate bombardments" had resumed in Gaza, with 100 children killed or maimed every day in the 10 days to 31 March.
Many of the volunteers who took up arms three years ago have either been killed, maimed, or are too exhausted to fight any more.
The UN investigators documented the shooting at point-blank range of some protesters, the deliberate maiming of others, arbitrary arrests and torture.
Elsewhere, the UN said he had committed, and was responsible for, acts such as killing and maiming, sexual violence and abduction.
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