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maimed

UK
/meɪmd/
US
/meɪmd/

Translations

maimedadjective
more maimed
Comp.
most maimed
Super.
UK
/meɪmd/
US
/meɪmd/
The maimed soldier returned home after the war.
Искалеченный солдат вернулся домой после войны.
Additional translations
увечный
изувеченный
Synonyms
damaged
disfigured
crippled
disabled
injured
maimednoun
maimed
pl
UK
/meɪmd/
US
/meɪmd/
Used chiefly with the definite article to denote people who have been maimed.
Synonyms
disabled individual
amputee
person with a disability
disabled person
wounded person
injured person
maimverb

maimed

Past Simple

maimed
Past Simple
maimed
Past Participle
maiming
Gerund
UK
/meɪm/
US
/meɪm/
The explosion could maim several people.
Взрыв может покалечить нескольких человек.
Synonyms
cripple
injure
disable
wound
mutilate
harm
impair

Definitions

maimedadjective
Injured or wounded in a way that causes permanent damage or disfigurement.
The maimed soldier returned home after the war, adjusting to life with his new prosthetic limb.
maimednoun
People who have been maimed; individuals permanently injured or disfigured (used with a plural verb and usually with the definite article).
The hospital wing was dedicated to caring for the maimed and the traumatized.
maimverb
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.
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