maimed; maiming; maims
maimer
noun
1
obsolete
: serious physical injury
especially
: loss of a member of the body
2
obsolete
: a serious loss
Examples of maim in a Sentence
Verb
The bomb killed 16 people and maimed several others.
on-the-job accidents maim far too many workers every year
Recent Examples on the Web
TIME, 23 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, the monster at their doorstep is prepared to manipulate and maim and kill, and grows a step closer every day to realizing its diabolical plan.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
Other people were shot and left to die in its hallways, maimed and crushed by tanks outside its gates, decomposing on side streets and in buildings.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
The scourge of conflicts around the globe, abhorred for killing and maiming unsuspecting civilians and lingering hidden for decades, mines provide cartels with a tactical edge on the battlefield and widen the potential for collateral damage.
—Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
Altogether, Russian casualties—killed and maimed—in and around Avdiivka might exceed 30,000.
—David Axe, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
Detectives continued to process the scene and late Wednesday arrested the two men on suspicion of the homicide and maiming the dog.
—Molly Jarone, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
In almost every Palestinian family, are there not relatives imprisoned, killed or maimed by Israel?
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
The agency also doesn’t require railroad companies to report certain injuries and deaths of contractors who are crushed or maimed by trains.
—Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 13 Mar. 2024
Vulture, 24 July 2023
The Duttons murder and maim and torture.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 16 Nov. 2022
Imad Eddin Wadi, 64, was indicted in June on a charge of conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim or injure people and damage property in another country, which carries a sentence of up to life in prison.
—Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Dec. 2021
Hightower planned to contact inmates in other prisons in the state to carry out a plan to either kill, maim or severely injure Tiarks, according to court documents.
—Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2021
Verb
These files across London, Delhi, and Chandigarh show a deep racialized and gendered disparity in the value attributed to Indian and European lives, as well as the care distributed to their surviving family members or maimed subjects making such claims.
—TIME, 23 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, the monster at their doorstep is prepared to manipulate and maim and kill, and grows a step closer every day to realizing its diabolical plan.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
Other people were shot and left to die in its hallways, maimed and crushed by tanks outside its gates, decomposing on side streets and in buildings.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
The scourge of conflicts around the globe, abhorred for killing and maiming unsuspecting civilians and lingering hidden for decades, mines provide cartels with a tactical edge on the battlefield and widen the potential for collateral damage.
—Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
Altogether, Russian casualties—killed and maimed—in and around Avdiivka might exceed 30,000.
—David Axe, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
Detectives continued to process the scene and late Wednesday arrested the two men on suspicion of the homicide and maiming the dog.
—Molly Jarone, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
In almost every Palestinian family, are there not relatives imprisoned, killed or maimed by Israel?
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
The agency also doesn’t require railroad companies to report certain injuries and deaths of contractors who are crushed or maimed by trains.
—Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 13 Mar. 2024
Noun
Nothing here will surprise, let alone maim, anyone.
—Vulture, 24 July 2023
The Duttons murder and maim and torture.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 16 Nov. 2022
Imad Eddin Wadi, 64, was indicted in June on a charge of conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim or injure people and damage property in another country, which carries a sentence of up to life in prison.
—Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Dec. 2021
Hightower planned to contact inmates in other prisons in the state to carry out a plan to either kill, maim or severely injure Tiarks, according to court documents.
—Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2021
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“Maim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maim. Accessed 6 May. 2024.
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