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Synonyms for maim
meɪm
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Princeton's WordNet
maim(verb)
injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
"people were maimed by the explosion"
Wiktionary
maim(verb)
Synonyms:
mutilateEnglishmaim(verb)
To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
Synonyms:
mutilateEnglish
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List of paraphrases for "maim":
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #772 | mar | |
| #7559 | disable | |
| #13785 | lame | |
| #26033 | cripple | |
| #62255 | maimed | |
| #71334 | mangle | |
| #78761 | iet | |
| #81295 | maim | |
| #102812 | mutilate | |
| #187966 | disfigure |
How to use maim in a sentence?
Theyre allowed to kill our people. Theyre allowed to torture and maim our people. Theyre allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people. And were not allowed to touch their cultural sites? It doesnt work that way.
The government, armed and terrorist groups continue to kill, maim, rape, torture and take Syria to new lows that seemed unimaginable a few years ago, people have become numb to figures that should, every day, shock our collective conscience.
Myanmar's military, and its accomplices in Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government, are taking advantage of the world's distraction with Covid-19 to press forward with military atrocities to try and break the back of the Arakan Army resistance, and they don't care who they kill or maim to do it.
They're allowed to kill our people. They're allowed to torture and maim our people. They're allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people. And we're not allowed to touch their cultural sites? It doesn't work that way.
More thought has to be given to the process and transactions and regulations so that we don’t kill or maim what works.
Translations for maim
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- بتر, شوهArabic
- zmrzačit, zohavitCzech
- lemlæsteDanish
- verstümmeln, verschandelnGerman
- mutilarSpanish
- runnella, vammauttaa, silpoaFinnish
- estropier, mutilerFrench
- csonkítHungarian
- limlestaIcelandic
- mutilare, menomareItalian
- 不具Japanese
- осакатуваMacedonian
- lemlesteNorwegian
- mutilarPortuguese
- mutilaRomanian
- калечить, увечить, уродоватьRussian
- stympa, lemlästaSwedish
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