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Synonyms for maim
meɪmmaim
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maimverb
Synonyms:
mutilateEnglishmaimverb
To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
Synonyms:
mutilateEnglish
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Princeton's WordNet
maimverb
injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
"people were maimed by the explosion"
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List of paraphrases for "maim":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#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?
As Palestinian terrorists continue to murder and maim Israelis, the Obama administration is spreading malicious falsehoods about the attacks.
Despite their steady losses to pro government forces, the scourge of ISIL continues to kill, maim and displace Iraqi civilians in the thousands and to cause untold suffering.
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.
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.
More thought has to be given to the process and transactions and regulations so that we don’t kill or maim what works.
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- شوه, بترArabic
- zmrzačit, zohavitCzech
- lemlæsteDanish
- verschandeln, verstümmelnGerman
- mutilarSpanish
- runnella, silpoa, vammauttaaFinnish
- estropier, mutilerFrench
- csonkítHungarian
- limlestaIcelandic
- menomare, mutilareItalian
- 不具Japanese
- осакатуваMacedonian
- lemlesteNorwegian
- mutilarPortuguese
- mutilaRomanian
- увечить, уродовать, калечитьRussian
- lemlästa, stympaSwedish
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