as in to incapacitate
to cause severe or permanent injury to
on-the-job accidents maim far too many workers every year
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Recent Examples of maim
Each shell scatters as many as 88 grenade-sized submunitions, and can kill and maim infantry across a wide area.
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David Axe, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Siegfried is very worried that Tristan has been thrown out of the army or is maimed or something horrible has happened.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025
The new group brought together bands of white vigilantes who had massacred and maimed African Americans since the end of the Civil War.
—Brittany Friedman / Made By History, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
Explosives planted in the organization’s pagers ignited simultaneously, killing and maiming scores of operatives.
—Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
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David Axe, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Siegfried is very worried that Tristan has been thrown out of the army or is maimed or something horrible has happened.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025
The new group brought together bands of white vigilantes who had massacred and maimed African Americans since the end of the Civil War.
—Brittany Friedman / Made By History, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
Explosives planted in the organization’s pagers ignited simultaneously, killing and maiming scores of operatives.
—Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maim
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Nicholson’s Sinatra, meanwhile, was left incapacitated in a hospital bed after being shot by Jane (Nicole Brydon Bloom), the double agent who also murdered Billy (Jon Beavers).—
Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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Since the inauguration, Rubio, Musk and Marocco have taken dramatic steps to incapacitate USAID, the largest foreign aid donor in the world, by firing its employees and halting operations.—
Brett Murphy,
ProPublica,
3 Mar. 2025
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About six weeks ago, hackers crippled the computer systems of the TV and mobile phone provider Dish Network.—
Shira Ovide,
Washington Post,
4 Apr. 2023
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Oakland Mills Coach: Chris Brewington Last season: Class 2A state champion Outlook: Losing the talent Oakland Mills did from last year’s outdoor season would cripple most programs, but the Scorpions have reloaded.—
Anthony Maluso,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Mar. 2023
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And in February, a driver plowed into a protest group in Munich injuring at least 28 people.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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One person died and five people were injured during a multi-vehicle crash in Fort Worth Sunday evening, March 2, police said.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Mar. 2025
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He had been wounded last summer, not far from the Russian border in northeastern Ukraine, when a blast from a grenade fractured his right shoulder blade, a bullet hit him just below his right collarbone, another tore through his left shoulder, and a third broke three ribs.—
Michael Holtz,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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Douglas was sent to prison in 1985 after he and three other men were convicted for bursting into the East New York home of a drug dealer and killing three and wounding seven in a case that grabbed headlines for its horrific details.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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The victim of a kidnapping attempt that left him mutilated, Richard is still nursing trauma from that incident.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Spencer’s desire to move on finally makes Dexter see the truth, and the show assaults us with flashbacks from this very episode that all point to Spencer being the person who murdered Jimmy Powell and kidnapped and mutilated Nicky.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2025
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Crowley notified the city council about the appeal on Thursday, just under a week since Bass fired her in the wake of devastating wildfires that killed dozens of people and burned thousands of homes in the region.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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In recent years, the state has passed several amendments giving more leeway to killing black bears out of self-defense.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Maim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maim. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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