What does "maiming" mean?

The act by which somebody is maimed.

What is a synonym for "maiming"?

Common synonyms include: bankruptcy, breakage, breakdown, castration, collapse, crack up.

Maiming

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Noun

1
The act by which somebody is maimed.
"1824-1826, William Cobbett, History of the Protestant Reformation They remember his subornings, menacings, bribings, cuttings, maimings, hangings, and burnings."

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of maim form-of, gerund, participle, present

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bankruptcy breakage breakdown castration collapse crack up

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"1824-1826, William Cobbett, History of the Protestant Reformation They remember his subornings, menacings, bribings, cuttings, maimings, hangings, and burnings."

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