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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Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
In the subsequent Israeli onslaught, more than forty-one thousand Palestinians have been killed, and about a hundred thousand more have been maimed and mutilated.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
Nothing here will surprise, let alone maim, anyone.
—Vulture, 24 July 2023
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Verb
Israeli bombs were destroying houses and rocket-launch sites across southern Lebanon, in the Bekaa valley, and in Beirut; many of his friends had been killed or maimed.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
In the subsequent Israeli onslaught, more than forty-one thousand Palestinians have been killed, and about a hundred thousand more have been maimed and mutilated.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 14 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 24 Nov. 2024.
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