as in crippled
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 maimed
Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Matt Bradley, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2025
More than 260 people were also injured and maimed.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Many more were maimed, and almost all the carnage was the direct and intended result of Iran’s nascent Axis.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Over 45,000 children have been maimed.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
That may sound unfathomable to any non-comic reader who watched Steven Yeun's Mark Grayson get bludgeoned, maimed, and nearly disemboweled (sorry, Atom Eve) in an episode-long, cities-spanning fight with Thragg's berzerker warrior, Conquest (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed and maimed in the war; a United Nations commission said in September that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2025
More than 260 people were also injured and maimed.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Many more were maimed, and almost all the carnage was the direct and intended result of Iran’s nascent Axis.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Over 45,000 children have been maimed.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maimed
Verb
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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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Named for former Cavaliers owner Ted Stepien, who had crippled the franchise by trading five straight first-round picks, it was supposed to protect teams from themselves.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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One caller said a delta-8 gummy incapacitated their adult son for several hours.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Another note that came up in the responses to this question is that everyone, of any age, should make sure that there are plans in place for a friend or relative to take care of the dog if the owner is incapacitated or dies.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Weekly Newsletter Audiences were asked to consider that the display of human difference was dehumanizing or even exploitative but also to understand that the sideshow represented a locus of community and a way for disabled performers to make an independent living.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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And Marissa Bode, who plays Elphaba’s disabled sister Nessarose, confirms her character’s origin story will differ from the stage version.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In response, a gunman sprayed Stanfa's car with automatic weapons during an ambush on the expressway, and although he wasn't hurt, his son Joseph was wounded in the head, per UPI.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Among those critically wounded was Officer Tim Matson, who engaged the shooter and shared his experience for the first time.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Frazier Rehabilitation Institute In 1929, Amelia Brown Frazier, George Garvin Brown’s granddaughter, was injured in an automobile accident that changed her life forever.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Police are responding to a shooting that left multiple people injured at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University Saturday night, during the school’s Homecoming weekend.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Four of the murdered were mutilated.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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The killer targeted and gunned down couples parked in secluded spots on the city’s outskirts, and in several cases, the bodies of female victims were discovered to be mutilated.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Your homes may have been damaged or destroyed and your communities and towns no longer look the same.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Many tender crops die back with the first fall frost, while hardier plants may linger longer but still be damaged by freezes.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Firefighters whisper about a gas main as a little girl, Dinah, is carried out of the wreckage—the sole survivor of a blast that killed her mom.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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As various ancient sources recount, after Achilles is killed by Paris, the Greeks resort to deception.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Maimed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maimed. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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