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maim

/meɪm/

maimverb

maimed

Past Simple

maimed

Past Participle

maiming

Gerund

/meɪm/

Translations

The explosion could maim several people.

Взрыв может покалечить нескольких человек.

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

maims

/meɪm/

Rare/archaic; a countable noun meaning a serious wound or permanent injury.

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.

Synonyms