If you try to stare down a bear, it will maim you.
Source: tatoeba (8979627)
Maim
//meɪm//
Synonyms for "maim" (110 found)
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Related words (55)
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Translations
68 translations across 32 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πηρόω verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Arabic
2 entries- بَتَرَ verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- شَوِهَ verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Armenian
3 entries- խեղել verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- հաշմանդամ դարձնել verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- հաշմել verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Belarusian
4 entries- зняве́чыць verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- кале́чыць verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- няве́чыць verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- пакале́чыць verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Bulgarian
2 entries- осакате́я verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- осакатя́вам verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Catalan
1 entries- mutilar verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 殘害 /残害 verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- 致殘 /致残 verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Czech
2 entries- zmrzačit verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- zohavit verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Danish
1 entries- lemlæste verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Dutch
1 entries- verminken verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Finnish
3 entries- runnella verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- silpoa verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- vammauttaa verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
French
2 entries- estropier verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- mutiler verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Galician
4 entries- eivar verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- fanar verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- mutilar verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- toller verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Georgian
1 entries- დასახიჩრება verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
German
2 entries- verschandeln verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- verstümmeln verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Hungarian
1 entries- csonkít verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Icelandic
1 entries- limlesta verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Italian
2 entries- menomare verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- mutilare verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Japanese
1 entries- 不具にする verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Korean
1 entries- 불구로 만들다 verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Latin
3 entries- dēbilitō verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- mutilō verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- truncō verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Macedonian
2 entries- осакати verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- осакатува verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Māori
2 entries- whakahauā verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- whakatūroro verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Norwegian
1 entries- lemleste verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Polish
2 entries- okaleczać verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- okaleczyć verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Portuguese
1 entries- mutilar verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Romanian
1 entries- mutila verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Russian
4 entries- изуве́чить verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- изуро́довать verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- искале́чить verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- кале́чить verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Sicilian
4 entries- acciuncari verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- mutilari verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- tagghiari verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- truncari verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Spanish
1 entries- mutilar verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Swedish
2 entries- lemlästa verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- stympa verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зні́вечити verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- калі́чити verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- ні́вечити verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
- покалі́чити verb (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
American cluster bombs still kill and maim people in Southeast Asia.
Source: tatoeba (11153666)
He was maimed by a bear.
Source: wiktionary
Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local color) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
Source: wiktionary
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