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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   people who are wounded wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of maim form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Partially or wholly deprived of the use of some part of the body, usually by wounding or injury.
2. 2
   Impaired or defective in some way.

Adjective

1. 1
   having a part of the body crippled or disabled wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

badcastratedcrippleddisabledemasculatedgame

Example

More examples

"The cat maimed three squirrels."

Etymology

From Middle English maymed, ymaymed. By surface analysis, maim + -ed.

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