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
More than 260 people were also injured and maimed.
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Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Russian attacks continue to maim and kill women, children, and the elderly with frequency and impunity.
—Richard Branson, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Over 45,000 children have been maimed.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Horror deals with the fear of violence, maiming, being haunted by things.
—Karim Kattan, The Dial, 19 Aug. 2025
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Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Russian attacks continue to maim and kill women, children, and the elderly with frequency and impunity.
—Richard Branson, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Over 45,000 children have been maimed.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Horror deals with the fear of violence, maiming, being haunted by things.
—Karim Kattan, The Dial, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maim
Verb
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He is accused of slipping incapacitating drugs into victims’ food or drinks before assaulting them between 2021 and 2024.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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In still other situations, lapses in common knowledge can incapacitate people who really, really need to work together.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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On December 7, 1941, 353 Japanese aircraft attacked Pearl Harbor, killing 2,403 Americans and crippling much of the Pacific Fleet.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Oct. 2025
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Sanctions have crippled the government’s primary source of revenue, oil exports, limiting the state’s ability to provide for millions of impoverished Iranians through social safety nets.—
Leila Gharagozlou,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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From January to June, more than 3,100 people were reported killed across Haiti and an additional 1,100 reported injured, according to the United Nations.—
NPR,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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Ten minutes later, Martinelli actually scored after making a good run in behind from the right wing as Saka had gone off injured.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Silas McCay, 21, Levi Sanders, 18, and a 20-year-old female were also wounded, authorities said.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Williams shot two, police say, wounding one and killing Comeaux.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Sponsor is not responsible for any lost, late, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, mutilated, postage due or mechanically reproduced Entries or Entries that have been tampered with or not obtained through legitimate channels, all of which will be disqualified.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
13 Oct. 2025
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Koch was never convicted of mutilating the corpses of the people who were murdered in Buchenwald; though some gruesome items were discovered there, there was no proof that they were connected to her.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Rolling Stone,
8 Oct. 2025
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Four people were killed and another four were injured in two head-on collisions on Arkansas roads Friday and Saturday, according to preliminary police reports.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Oct. 2025
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Listeria infects 1,250 people in the United States each year, according to the CDC, and kills about 172.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Maim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maim. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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