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maiming

/ˈmeɪmɪŋ/

maimingnoun

maimings

Translations

mutilationTerme général pour une blessure grave et permanente; s’emploie aussi pour l’acte de mutiler.

The maiming of the soldier left him unable to return to the battlefield.

La mutilation du soldat l’a empêché de retourner sur le champ de bataille.

Definitions

The act of inflicting a severe and permanent injury on a person or animal, often resulting in the loss of a limb or other body part.

The maiming of the soldier left him unable to return to the battlefield.

A severe and permanent injury itself; a mutilation.

The victim suffered several maimings during the brutal assault.

Synonyms

maiminggerund / present participle

/ˈmeɪmɪŋ/

Translations

mutilantSe dit de ce qui provoque une blessure grave et durable.

The rebels planted maiming bombs along the roadside.

Les rebelles ont placé des bombes mutilantes le long de la route.

Definitions

Causing or intended to cause severe and lasting bodily injury.

The rebels planted maiming bombs along the roadside.

Synonyms

maimverb

maiming

ing-form

maimed

Past Simple

maimed

Past Participle

maiming

ing-form

/meɪm/

Translations

mutilerSe dit d’une atteinte grave et durable au corps; par extension, d’une atteinte qui affaiblit très fortement un fonctionnement ou une capacité.

The accident maimed him for life, leaving him unable to walk.

L’accident l’a mutilé à vie, le laissant incapable de marcher.

Additional translations

estropierEmploi centré sur une blessure grave du corps; plus rare et plus concret que « mutiler ».

Definitions

To wound or injure someone so that part of the body is permanently damaged.

The accident maimed him for life, leaving him unable to walk.

To impair the functioning or effectiveness of something abstract, leaving it severely weakened.

Government censorship can maim the free flow of information.

Synonyms

maimnoun

Definitions

A serious wound or injury that causes permanent damage or the loss of a body part.

The knight bore many maims from years of battle.