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Recent Examples of maimed
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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).
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Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
These armed hostilities have maimed, mutilated and killed millions of human beings — many of them innocent civilians.
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Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
They were wounded and maimed by the tens of thousands.
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CBS News,
10 May 2026
As a result, more than 1,130 people died and thousands more were maimed or injured.
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Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
The LaMunyons’ location was maimed in January when a Ford F150 collided into the restaurant.
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Jenna Thompson
april 16,
Kansas City Star,
16 Apr. 2026
About this many children have been killed or maimed in the war, according to UNICEF.
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ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
Miraculously, although some of his passengers may have sustained mild injuries, not a single one was maimed or killed.
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Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Israel is in shambles with probably large casualties, dead and maimed.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Meanwhile, Lord Corlys Velaryon and his fleet have the city blockaded, while Team Black commands from Dragonstone and Daemon battles in the Riverlands and Aemond broods on the throne, which he’s taken from his maimed brother.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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).
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Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
Those who survived were often maimed for life, in body and in spirit.
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Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
These armed hostilities have maimed, mutilated and killed millions of human beings — many of them innocent civilians.
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Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
They were wounded and maimed by the tens of thousands.
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CBS News,
10 May 2026
As a result, more than 1,130 people died and thousands more were maimed or injured.
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Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
The LaMunyons’ location was maimed in January when a Ford F150 collided into the restaurant.
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Jenna Thompson
april 16,
Kansas City Star,
16 Apr. 2026
About this many children have been killed or maimed in the war, according to UNICEF.
—
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
Miraculously, although some of his passengers may have sustained mild injuries, not a single one was maimed or killed.
—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Israel is in shambles with probably large casualties, dead and maimed.
—
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maimed
Adjective
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According to the Times coverage of the incident and subsequent lawsuit, the scenes shown in the classroom included autopsies, decaying cadavers and live animals being butchered, mutilated and tortured.
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But the most difficult parts also offer ways forward — news that arrives via a skull, a mutilated body, evidence of closure in many respects of the word.
Verb
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This comes at a dire time for Venezuela, which is still deep in political and financial crisis – being led by an interim government after US forces captured President Nicolás Maduro earlier this year, and facing an economy crippled by years of hyperinflation.
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Aegon, who was burned and crippled in Season 2, fled with Larys Strong (Matthew Needham), leaving his cruel, one-eyed brother Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) to sit on the Iron Throne.
Adjective
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The law that approved free enrollment for certain disabled veterans also provides for free PreCheck for Gold Star families and a $25 discount on the fee for active servicemembers and their spouses.
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There are 32 parking spaces and 2 disabled parking spots within the plaza, Satvinder said.
Verb
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Airbus UpNext's DragonFly project is developing AI that manages complex emergencies autonomously when the crew is incapacitated.
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According to the law enforcement investigation, Garcia activated her Taser seven times in a row in about a minute, with the State Patrol concluding that three to four of those activations occurred after Tomlinson was already incapacitated by the initial Taser deployments.
Verb
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Leatherwood died as a result of the gun wound, and Velez was left wounded.
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Rodriguez allegedly fatally shot 18‑year‑old Kace Leatherwood and wounded Luis Velez, also 18, near County Road 103 in Kaufman County, authorities said.
Verb
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Blyth injured her back in a toboggan accident and spent over a year recovering, limiting her ability to profit off her success in the film.
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The officer returned fire; neither the suspect nor the officer was injured.
Verb
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Joshua Serad, of Maple Shade, stole and damaged Pride flags Monday in the business district of Haddonfield on Kings Highway, according to police.
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Flying bricks damaged the crossing’s signal arms, and the crossing was closed by Union Pacific.
Verb
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Six people were on board the plane, including one person who was killed in the incident, police said.
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Days before the five-year anniversary of the 2021 building collapse that killed 98 people in Surfside, the federal government has published findings that determined the structure of the Champlain Towers South condominium started failing about three weeks before the catastrophe.
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“Maimed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maimed. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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