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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Then, after becoming Trojans AD in August 2010, he was tasked with moving the athletic department past crippling NCAA sanctions.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
And the high pay they’re being offered as a lure is crippling the economy.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of crippling

Verb

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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Hunter Nadeau, the man accused of killing one person and wounding several others in a shooting at Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, New Hampshire last year, plans to use an insanity defense.

— Matt Schooley, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
The attacks struck two Ukrnafta gas stations, killing two people and wounding six at one of them, the prosecutor's office said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026

Definition of wounding

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When Urich was young, his father suffered a disabling stroke; Netanyahu became a father figure to him.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Special Needs Plans are for people with certain chronic or disabling conditions, as well as those who are eligible for both Medicare and Medi-Cal and people who live in nursing homes or require the same level of care.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of disabling

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North Korean mines in past years have occasionally washed down a swollen river into South Korea, killing or injuring civilians.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
The roof of another building in Gaza City caved in Friday after a brief period of rain, the local civil defense force said, lightly injuring four children.

— Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of injuring

Verb

That’s how this season starts, and Reacher’s methods of maiming and/or killing only get more elaborate.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Its entire loop revolved around strategic mechanical dismemberment, a concept perfected all the way back in Ninja Gaiden 2, where maiming enemies directly fed into brutal instant finishers.

— Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of maiming

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You can often get prequalified to get a sense of the rate and term a lender is likely to approve you for, without damaging your credit score.

— Dan Avery,Brett Holzhauer, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Zelensky said that a passenger train was also struck in the Mykolaiv region on Wednesday, damaging a railway station and a diesel locomotive.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of damaging

Verb

The 21-year-old pleaded not guilty last month to charges including first-degree murder with special circumstances, lewd and lascivious acts with an individual under 14 and mutilating a body.

— Austin Turner, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026
Guess which mowing league isn't mutilating hedgehogs?

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026

Definition of mutilating

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