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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. 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)