maimed; maiming; maims
maimer
noun
1
obsolete
: serious physical injury
especially
: loss of a member of the body
2
obsolete
: a serious loss
Examples of maim in a Sentence
Verb
The bomb killed 16 people and maimed several others.
on-the-job accidents maim far too many workers every year
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Tom Sullivan, The Denver Post, 21 May 2024
By the time the genocide concluded about 100 days later in July 1994, the massacre had claimed the lives of over 800,000 civilians with thousands more left injured or maimed.
—Emma Ogao, ABC News, 16 May 2024
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Verb
They are designed to kill or maim the maximum number of people in the shortest amount of time.
—Tom Sullivan, The Denver Post, 21 May 2024
By the time the genocide concluded about 100 days later in July 1994, the massacre had claimed the lives of over 800,000 civilians with thousands more left injured or maimed.
—Emma Ogao, ABC News, 16 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for maim
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“Maim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maim. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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