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maiming

UK
/ˈmeɪmɪŋ/
US
/ˈmeɪmɪŋ/

Translations

maimingnoun
maimings
pl
The accident resulted in the maiming of several workers.
Авария привела к увечьям нескольких рабочих.
Synonyms
disablement
mutilation
disfigurement
wounding
injury
maiminggerund / present participle
UK
/ˈmeɪmɪŋ/
US
/ˈmeɪmɪŋ/
Synonyms
mauling
dismembering
wounding
disabling
mutilating
crippling
injuring
maimverb

maiming

Gerund

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

Definitions

maimingnoun
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.
maiminggerund / present participle
Causing or intended to cause severe and lasting bodily injury.
The rebels planted maiming bombs along the roadside.
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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