maimed; maiming; maims
maimer
noun
1
obsolete
: serious physical injury
especially
: loss of a member of the body
2
obsolete
: a serious loss
Examples of maim in a Sentence
Verb
The bomb killed 16 people and maimed several others.
on-the-job accidents maim far too many workers every year
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Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
Her character came across as nothing but a crazed mother willing to murder and maim in order to reunite with her children, a somewhat sexist trope that failed to capture the emotional nuance of the character that had been built on TV.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
Nothing here will surprise, let alone maim, anyone.
—Vulture, 24 July 2023
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Verb
Instead of Black life maimed, denuded of dignity, and degraded, each portrait that makes up I, Narcissus is a study of delicious glamour.
—Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
Her character came across as nothing but a crazed mother willing to murder and maim in order to reunite with her children, a somewhat sexist trope that failed to capture the emotional nuance of the character that had been built on TV.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
Every year, thousands of incidents happen at sea and in port – dozens of which kill or maim sailors, longshoreman and bystanders.
—USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
Nothing here will surprise, let alone maim, anyone.
—Vulture, 24 July 2023
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“Maim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maim. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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