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maimed

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maim  (mm)
tr.v. maimed, maim·ing, maims
1. To injure, disable, or disfigure, usually by depriving of the use of a limb or other part of the body. See Synonyms at batter1.
2. To make imperfect or defective; impair.
[Middle English maimen, from Old French mahaignier; see mayhem.]
maimer n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.maimed - people who are wounded; "they had to leave the wounded where they fell"
wounded
people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
Adj.1.maimed - having a part of the body crippled or disabled
mutilated
unfit - not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service"


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A WOLF, sorely wounded and bitten by dogs, lay sick and maimed in his lair.
Fables by Aesop View in context
There is defiance in the remaining stumps of her masts, raised up like maimed limbs against the menacing scowl of a stormy sky; there is high courage in the upward sweep of her lines towards the bow; and as soon as, on a hastily-rigged spar, a strip of canvas is shown to the wind to keep her head to sea, she faces the waves again with an unsubdued courage.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
With respect to the exposing or bringing up of children, let it be a law, that nothing imperfect or maimed shall be brought up, .
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
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