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maim
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- pronunciation:
- meIm
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
maims, maiming, maimed |
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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