LAMING Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

laming

verb

present participle of lame

as in crippling

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

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And the high pay they’re being offered as a lure is crippling the economy.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 15 Aug. 2026
Trump claims the United States has opened the strait to all commercial ships other than those from Iran, crippling Iran's economy because of its reliance on oil exports.

— Joey Garrison, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of crippling

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The video shows the Taser not incapacitating her and the woman walking quickly toward the officers while waving the knives in front of her.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
All that before disorienting and incapacitating a potential school shooter in about a minute.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of incapacitating

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In Zaporizhzhia, drone strikes killed a 74-year-old man and wounded three people, while a drone damaged an apartment building, wounding seven people, in the Khmelnytskyi region.

— Samya Kullab, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
Iran accused Washington of striking a wedding party, killing four people and wounding dozens.

— Kanishka Singh, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of wounding

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On directions from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Miami-Dade County is disabling Flock cameras on the agency's infrastructure.

— Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Users reported problems with Outlook, while OpenAI said users may experience problems starting or continuing tasks in ChatGPT Work, temporarily disabling two of the modern office's favorite methods of assigning more work.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of disabling

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Starting center Tyler Biadasz was lost for the season after injuring his knee in training camp.

— Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
An armed man carrying multiple weapons lunged at Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton at the Canfield Fair, injuring several attendees.

— Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of injuring

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Demining groups say that without international support, Southeast Asia’s unfinished work clearing land mines and unexploded bombs will continue to endanger communities, maiming and killing people and slowing development for years to come.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
His act made use of racial and ethnic slurs, under the philosophy that taboo words lost their maiming edge with repetition.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of maiming

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Importantly, all of this imaging was possible without damaging Scotty’s priceless fossils.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026
Smaller glass shards likely won’t cause symptoms, but bigger pieces with sharp edges run the risk of damaging the throat, stomach and intestines, according to the National Capital Poison Center.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026

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