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Definition of Maim
1. Verb. Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation. "People were maimed by the explosion"
Generic synonyms: Injure, Wound
Specialized synonyms: Mar, Mutilate, Cripple, Lame
Derivative terms: Maimer
Specialized synonyms: Mar, Mutilate, Cripple, Lame
Derivative terms: Maimer
Definition of Maim
1. v. t. To deprive of the use of a limb, so as to render a person in fighting less able either to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.
2. n. The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body, by which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.
Definition of Maim
1. Verb. To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maim
1. to injure so as to cause lasting damage [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Maim
1. To disable or cripple by an injury. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maim
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