verb
- to wound or injure someone permanently, especially by damaging a limb
Examples
- The accident maimed several workers at the factory.
- He was maimed in the explosion and lost his left arm.
- The landmine could maim or kill anyone who stepped on it.
- The attack was designed to maim rather than kill.
- She feared the surgery might maim her permanently.
- The wild animal could maim a person with its claws.