LAMED Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

lamed

verb

Definition of lamed

past tense of lame

as in crippled

to cause severe or permanent injury to we were afraid that the horse would be lamed by its horrible fall

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Swaney founded WatchUr6, a cybersecurity company, in 2022 after seeing news reports about a hospital crippled by a cyberattack.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Our protagonist has been crippled with doubts about the miller’s daughter and prone to emotional highs and lows.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of crippled

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In 2023, Kim was legally declared incapacitated after her cardiac arrest resulted in a brain injury affecting her motor skills, language and memory.

— Jessica Golden,Alex Sherman, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
Reeger became a hero after taking out several Klingon cruisers at the Battle of Zeta Reticuli, but he was actually incapacitated at the time and took the credit for George's heroic actions, stalling Kirk Sr's career in the process.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of incapacitated

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When the struggle was over, video footage on social media reviewed by The Associated Press showed two men on the plane's floor, bloodied and wounded.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
According to the account of Netanyahu and other passengers, Machchhar, a father, tried to fight off his co-pilot before being critically wounded with a small knife.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of wounded

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On Tuesday afternoon, an Israeli airstrike in the Jabaliya refugee camp north of the Gaza Strip killed one and injured several others, Gaza's Health Ministry said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
Police received a call about a person injured by gunfire, local police chief Vasil Kostadinov said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

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