maim
IPA: mˈeɪm
noun
- (obsolete) A serious wound
verb
- To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
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Examples of "maim" in Sentences
- The wounded are now permanently maimed.
- Eric was maimed, but Paul did not survive the blast.
- In that same period, scores died and hundreds were maimed.
- We are talking about the death and maiming of actual people.
- The Aara was a coiled sword which could maim and kill enemies.
- It cannot include the right to deliberately kill or maim civilians.
- Fredon is forced to intervene and maims one cop and kills the other.
- Guns are not scarecrows, they're meant to damage, maim and kill things.
- The hind legs can also be used to kill or maim with devastating effect.
- They were waiting, he said, to dine on the smaller birds maimed or killed by the building.
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