as in crippling
to cause severe or permanent injury to
on-the-job accidents maim far too many workers every year
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as in mutilation
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maiming
Noun
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While Doom usually conceals his face, either due to a terrible mutilation (or sometimes, vanity, bearing an amusingly minor scar), he is shown in the post-credits scene with his mask off.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025 -
The report said its findings showed patterns in the assaults, including victims found partially or fully naked with their hands tied, evidence of gang rape followed by killing, genital mutilation and public humiliation, indicating they were intentionally used as a weapon of war.—
Tia Goldenberg,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
Noun
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So say a fine howdy-do to Nobody 2, which brings Hutch and his very particular set of skills back for more mayhem.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Aug. 2025
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Merciless mayhem is tolerated and marginalized, obscured by the deeply flawed, unethical profitability of medicine.—
David Marks,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Authorities accused an Arlington Heights man of hitting and injuring a Chicago Police officer while driving under the influence Sunday on the West side, according to a news release.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2025
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They two men are also charged with injuring another person, according to Patch.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2025
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The children died in June 2023 in what prosecutors described as an eruption of violence motivated by fear of losing them to their father, Nathan John, according to the BBC, who survived the attack.—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The lawsuit, which was filed July 31 in Wayne County Circuit Court, did not mention specific past incidents of violence.—
Andrea May Sahouri,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Electricity pylons were hit in the fighting, disabling the water pumps that relied on the electrical grid.—
Emmet Livingstone,
The Dial,
20 Mar. 2025
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Ensure Play Protect is enabled and don’t be lured into disabling it to enable an app to install.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Maiming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maiming. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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