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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Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 2 May 2025
However, Reiner thought Sheldon should be merely badly injured, not permanently maimed.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Laura Kelly, The Hill, 6 Apr. 2025
These are dangerous and violent people, who kill, maim and, in many other ways, harm the people of our Country.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
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Verb
More than 600 species of venomous snakes roam the earth, biting as many as 2.7 million people, killing about 120,000 people and maiming 400,000 others — numbers thought to be vast underestimates.
—Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 2 May 2025
However, Reiner thought Sheldon should be merely badly injured, not permanently maimed.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
Cluster bombs are banned by more than 100 countries because of their devastating impact, spreading multiple submunitions or bomblets over an area as large as a city block, and that can kill, maim, and also lie dormant until triggered.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 6 Apr. 2025
These are dangerous and violent people, who kill, maim and, in many other ways, harm the people of our Country.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Maim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maim. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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