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.
- The prudent course is to avoid giving Islamofascists an excuse to kill or maim them.
- They were waiting, he said, to dine on the smaller birds maimed or killed by the building.
- Did you know that poorly-performed cover tunes kill or maim more people each year than drunken drivers?
- Glenn is more like the snake oil salesman who asks for a pretty young volunteer, only to maim them for life with his product.
- Caplan has said that the only possible justification for allowing someone to decide to "maim" themselves is if "the donor chooses to undergo the harm of surgery solely to help another."
- In dissent, Justice Samuel Alito said that the court's ruling would frustrate congressional intent and "maim" a law that was enacted as an important defense against organized criminal enterprises.
- Page 146 enough at first to 'maim' and 'disable' him, and now exasperated by being obliged to pay his full value to the master, and to have, in addition, the daily care and expense of his maintenance.
- What but butchery by piecemeal can, under such circumstances, be expected from a man brutal enough at first to 'maim' and 'disable' him, and now exasperated by being obliged to pay his full value to the master, and to have, in addition, the daily care and expense of his maintenance.