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Recent Examples of maimed
Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
An additional 20,000 men on both sides were maimed, crippled or otherwise wounded.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
Most Iranians know someone who has been persecuted, killed, maimed, or unjustly imprisoned by the Islamic Republic regime that has occupied Iran since 1979.
—Dan Bilefsky, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
Philadelphia police are warning dog owners in Center City after a pit bull believed to belong to a homeless man was linked to multiple attacks on pets over the past week, leaving two dogs seriously injured and another permanently maimed.
—Ross Dimattei, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
For decades, law enforcement officials have issued public pleas to revelers not to fire guns into the air on Independence Day and New Year’s Eve, an annual phenomenon in some neighborhoods that has occasionally led to people being maimed or killed.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Witnesses testifying at a June 1989 congressional hearing held by a subcommittee of the House Small Business Committee in Washington heard a litany of horror stories of patients maimed by surgeons with dubious training and credentials.
—Jason Kane, NBC news, 31 Dec. 2025
Thailand suspended it last month after a Thai soldier was maimed by a landmine, one of many that Bangkok says were newly laid by Cambodia.
—CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025
More than 64,000 children have been killed or maimed in the past two years.
—Samer Sinijlawi, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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
Verb
Indeed, the ayatollahs have maimed and killed thousands of Americans.
—Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
An additional 20,000 men on both sides were maimed, crippled or otherwise wounded.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
Most Iranians know someone who has been persecuted, killed, maimed, or unjustly imprisoned by the Islamic Republic regime that has occupied Iran since 1979.
—Dan Bilefsky, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
Philadelphia police are warning dog owners in Center City after a pit bull believed to belong to a homeless man was linked to multiple attacks on pets over the past week, leaving two dogs seriously injured and another permanently maimed.
—Ross Dimattei, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
For decades, law enforcement officials have issued public pleas to revelers not to fire guns into the air on Independence Day and New Year’s Eve, an annual phenomenon in some neighborhoods that has occasionally led to people being maimed or killed.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Witnesses testifying at a June 1989 congressional hearing held by a subcommittee of the House Small Business Committee in Washington heard a litany of horror stories of patients maimed by surgeons with dubious training and credentials.
—Jason Kane, NBC news, 31 Dec. 2025
Thailand suspended it last month after a Thai soldier was maimed by a landmine, one of many that Bangkok says were newly laid by Cambodia.
—CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025
More than 64,000 children have been killed or maimed in the past two years.
—Samer Sinijlawi, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maimed
Adjective
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The case back then also involved the bodies of naked, mutilated women, plus all the sexism and homophobia that were pervasive in police work in 1998 and are apparently ship-shape today.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Massive piles of trash with rotting food accumulate in residential areas as the fuel shortage has crippled waste collection services.—
Carmen Sesin,
NBC news,
16 Mar. 2026
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But that doesn’t mean mathematicians would be crippled with ennui, Litt says.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The fire disabled berthing for over 600 sailors and prompted a significant damage control effort amid ongoing combat operations against Iran.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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Her candidacy has focused on her working-class roots and role as a caretaker for a disabled sister.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The format in which the Iranian regime released his statement did little to quell rumors that he could actually have been incapacitated, possibly even left in a coma, in the same strike that killed his father and mother.—
Haley Ott,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Jenny was traumatized and incapacitated for weeks.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Their mother was seriously wounded and remains in the hospital, the official said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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Thomas Gross, the officer who was wounded, was shot in his upper shoulder.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 13,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Officers responded to the scene and fired their weapons, but no one was injured by police fire.—
Laura Fay,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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After Wentz got injured, and later McCarthy got injured for a second time last season, the Vikings were forced to start undrafted rookie Max Brosmer for two games, which were both losses.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Budapest is threatening to block a $103 billion loan to Ukraine unless Kyiv reactivates the Druzhba pipeline, a piece of Soviet-era infrastructure that has been out of service since it was damaged by a Russian attack in January.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 2026
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Before heading onto the water, boaters should inspect all safety equipment and replace anything that’s damaged or expired.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Murrieta parents who were arrested last week for a fire that killed two of their daughters in late 2025 were allegedly high on meth and marijuana when the blaze broke out, according to the Riverside County District Attorney's Office.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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On Sunday, Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said the military has killed 684 Afghan Taliban forces, a claim rejected by Afghanistan, which says casualties are far lower.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Maimed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maimed. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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