Meanings
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verb
to injure a person or animal so severely that a body part is permanently damaged or lost
The explosion could maim anyone standing near the device.
Thesaurus
Word family
Forms
maimed
Etymology
From Middle English maimen, through Anglo-Norman maheimer or mahaigner, a Germanic-derived verb meaning 'to injure or disable.' It is historically related to mayhem, which originally denoted the crime of violently maiming someone.