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maimed

/meɪmd/

maimedadjective

more maimed

Comp.

most maimed

Super.

/meɪmd/

Translations

искалеченный

The maimed soldier returned home after the war.

Искалеченный солдат вернулся домой после войны.

Additional translations

увечный

изувеченный

Definitions

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.

Synonyms

maimednoun

maimed

/meɪmd/

Used chiefly with the definite article to denote people who have been maimed.

Definitions

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.

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

/meɪm/

Translations

калечить

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

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.