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Maim Moderate

Maim has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

A serious wound

Verb
1

injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation

"people were maimed by the explosion"

2

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

See Also
mayhem maimest ruffler maimeth wound unmaimed maimer maimedness
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
injure
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
mutilate cripple
Rhyming Words
aim zaim raim saim haim chaim claim reaim nsaim karaim misaim ephraim exclaim unclaim reclaim declaim acclaim cry aim take aim subclaim
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