To maim someone is to injure them so that they can't do their job or function properly. Maiming can happen in a variety of ways, from cutting them with a knife to breaking their bones.
The soldier was maimed during the battle.
The construction worker was maimed when he was injured.
noun
people who are wounded
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adjective
having a part of the body crippled or disabled
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The wounded are now permanently maimed.
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Eric was maimed, but Paul did not survive the blast.
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In that same period, scores died and hundreds were maimed.
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It cannot include the right to deliberately kill or maim civilians.
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We are talking about the death and maiming of actual people.
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The Aara was a coiled sword which could maim and kill enemies.
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Fredon is forced to intervene and maims one cop and kills the other.
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Guns are not scarecrows, they're meant to damage, maim and kill things.
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The hind legs can also be used to kill or maim with devastating effect.
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They were waiting, he said, to dine on the smaller birds maimed or killed by the building.