Definition of maims Maims

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Verb maims, maiming, maimed
maim - injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"
		wound, injure cause injuries or bodily harm to
		mar, mutilate make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"
		lame, cripple deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life"

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maim (Verb)
To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

maim (v. t.)
To deprive of the use of a limb, so as to render a person on fighting less able either to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.
maim (v. t.)
To mutilate; to cripple; to injure; to disable; to impair.
maim (v.)
The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body, by which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.
maim (v.)
The privation of any necessary part; a crippling; mutilation; injury; deprivation of something essential. See Mayhem.