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Meaning of 'maim' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Maim [ v.]
- The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body, by which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.
- The privation of any necessary part; a crippling; mutilation; injury; deprivation of something essential. See Mayhem.
2 . Maim [ v. t.]
- To deprive of the use of a limb, so as to render a person on fighting less able either to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.
- To mutilate; to cripple; to injure; to disable; to impair.

Meaning of 'maim' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . maim [ v]
Meaning (1):
- injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
Example in sentence:
  • people were maimed by the explosion

Nearby Words:

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