Synonyms of maiming

maiming 1 of 2

noun

as in mutilation

Synonyms & Similar 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
• pummelling
• whaling
• terror
• belting
• pelting
• cudgelling
• battery
• riot
• buffeting
• revolt
• shock
• rampage
• drubbing
• lacing
• rupture
• outrage
• upheaval
• frenzy
• batting
• cudgeling
• turbulence
• walloping
• onslaught
• bulldozing
• outbreak
• bullying
• fury
• pommelling
• socking
• paroxysm
• tromping
• rage
• pommeling
• tumult
• browbeating
• uproar
• strong-arming
• storm
• hectoring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• 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
• pummelling
• lambasting
• breaking
• lacing
• thwacking
• walloping
• bunging up
• pommelling
• pommeling
• drubbing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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