Synonyms for maim
meɪmmaim

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1. maimverb

   Synonyms:
   mutilateEnglish

2. maimverb

   To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

   Synonyms:
   mutilateEnglish

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1. maim

   Synonyms:
   disable, cripple, mar, mutilate, mangle, disfigure, lame

   Antonyms:
   restore, reinvigorate, mend, strengthen

Princeton's WordNet

1. maimverb

   injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation

   "people were maimed by the explosion"

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1. • Injure

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1. maimverb

   Synonyms:
   cripple, mutilate, disable

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1. List of paraphrases for "maim":

   mutilate, self-mutilate, maimed, iet

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1. President Trump:

   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.

2. Valerie Amos:

   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.

3. Phil Robertson:

   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.

4. Valerie Amos:

   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, we need the numbness to the senseless violence and the apparent apathy to end.

5. The President:

   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.