Synonyms of maiming

maiming 1 of 2

noun

as in mutilation

Related Words

• mutilation
• crippling
• mayhem
• violence
• harm
• savagery
• brutality
• injury
• barbarity
• foul play
• impairment
• hurt
• detriment
• damage
• whipping
• assault
• mauling
• flogging
• beating
• smashing
• force
• attack
• thrashing
• pummeling
• hammering
• clubbing
• bashing
• licking
• battering
• bludgeoning
• pounding
• thumping
• threat
• paddling
• whaling
• belting
• terror
• pelting
• battery
• riot
• buffeting
• revolt
• shock
• rampage
• drubbing
• lacing
• rupture
• outrage
• upheaval
• frenzy
• batting
• cudgeling
• turbulence
• walloping
• onslaught
• bulldozing
• outbreak
• bullying
• fury
• socking
• paroxysm
• tromping
• rage
• pommeling
• tumult
• browbeating
• uproar
• strong-arming
• storm
• hectoring

Dissimilar Words

• pacifism
• nonviolence
• pacificism

maiming

2 of 2

verb

present participle of maim

as in crippling

to cause severe or permanent injury to

on-the-job accidents maim far too many workers every year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crippling
• incapacitating
• wounding
• injuring
• mutilating
• disabling
• killing
• damaging
• scarring
• bruising
• hurting
• laming
• paralyzing
• dismembering
• hitting
• beating
• disfiguring
• murdering
• battering
• mangling
• mauling
• harming
• hamstringing
• torturing
• impairing
• hobbling
• lacerating
• goring
• licking
• bludgeoning
• slapping
• smashing
• punching
• smacking
• pummeling
• winging
• whipping
• whacking
• pounding
• tormenting
• hammering
• boxing
• banging
• roughing (up)
• thumping
• bashing
• lashing
• pasting
• flogging
• kneecapping
• pelting
• spanking
• thrashing
• swatting
• swiping
• buffeting
• belting
• socking
• lambasting
• lacing
• breaking
• thwacking
• walloping
• bunging up
• pommeling
• drubbing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• healing
• curing
• rehabilitating
• remedying
• fixing
• repairing
• patching
• restoring
• mending
• renewing
• doctoring
• rejuvenating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of maiming

Noun

Despite his maiming, the book’s Tyland serves as a loyal member of young Aegon III’s small council. — James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

In a provocation to the Forest Service officers monitoring the blockade, the slightest nudging threatened to send the edifice crashing to the ground and Tubbs to his maiming or death. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Iran has been focused and committed to the destruction of the United States, and has spent years fueling and funding murder, kidnappings and the maiming of Americans and our allies. — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2026

Guerrero Flores is accused of directing and supporting acts of violence and terrorism across borders, including murders, kidnappings, extortion and maiming, against victims inside and outside the United States. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025

The Irish Parliament, elected on an extremely limited franchise (Irish Catholics couldn’t vote for most of the eighteenth century), responded with a bill to prevent the maiming of cattle in 1711. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 30 Sep. 2025

While non-State armed groups are said to be responsible for almost 50% of grave violations, government forces were the main perpetrators of the killing and maiming of children, attacks on schools and hospitals, and the denial of humanitarian access. — Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025

Verb

The trailer ends with Antonia Thomas, Fina Strazza, Viswanathan and Poehler’s characters maiming themselves for the cause. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026

That’s how this season starts, and Reacher’s methods of maiming and/or killing only get more elaborate. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

Its entire loop revolved around strategic mechanical dismemberment, a concept perfected all the way back in Ninja Gaiden 2, where maiming enemies directly fed into brutal instant finishers. — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

Demining groups say that without international support, Southeast Asia’s unfinished work clearing land mines and unexploded bombs will continue to endanger communities, maiming and killing people and slowing development for years to come. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

His act made use of racial and ethnic slurs, under the philosophy that taboo words lost their maiming edge with repetition. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

The fifth man, Raymond Foakes, was convicted of mayhem for allegedly maiming a former Hells Angels member, but his lawyers hope that this new hearing will undermine testimony from a crucial witness who helped bring about Foakes’ guilty verdict. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

Even in 2026, the category’s identity is anchored in infamous scenes of maiming, torture, and cathartic bloodshed. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 22 July 2026

All of the 200 children and adolescents initially qualified for the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder; after the group’s fifth session, with war still killing and maiming their friends, only 30% qualified. — James Gordon, Time, 14 July 2026