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maim
- pronunciation:
- meIm
- features:
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
maimed, maiming, maims |
| definition 1: |
to cripple or disable, usu. by destroying or rendering useless a limb or extremity.
- synonyms:
- cripple, disable, hobble, lame, mutilate
- similar words:
- amputate, castrate, disfigure, emasculate, incapacitate, savage
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| definition 2: |
to make useless or defective; impair.
- synonyms:
- cripple, damage, destroy, disable, impair, incapacitate
- similar words:
- deface, disfigure, emasculate, harm, injure, mangle, mar, mutilate, spoil
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| related words: |
maul |
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