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- 1. wound or injure (someone) so that part of the body is permanently damaged: "100,000 soldiers were killed or maimed"
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Definition of maim verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to injure someone permanently: Thousands of innocent people have been killed or maimed by landmines. (Definition of maim from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
1 day ago · 1. to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like. The explosion maimed him for life. 2. to impair; make essentially defective. The essay was maimed by deletion of important paragraphs. noun obsolete. 3. a physical injury, esp. a loss of a limb. 4. an injury or defect; blemish; lack.
Maim definition: to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple. See examples of MAIM used in a sentence.
Definitions of 'maim' To someone means to injure them so badly that part of their body is permanently damaged. More. Pronunciations of the word 'maim' British English: meɪm American English: meɪm. More. Conjugations of 'maim' present simple: I maim, you maim [...] past simple: I maimed, you maimed [...] past participle: maimed. More.
Britannica Dictionary definition of MAIM. [+ object] : to injure (someone) very badly by violence. The bomb killed 16 people and maimed several others. The accident left him (badly) maimed for life. — sometimes used figuratively. a career maimed by scandal. MAIM meaning: to injure (someone) very badly by violence sometimes used figuratively.
Define maim. maim synonyms, maim pronunciation, maim translation, English dictionary definition of maim. tr.v. maimed , maim·ing , maims 1. To injure, disable, or disfigure, usually by depriving of the use of a limb or other part of the body.
