Maimed can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| maimed - having a part of the body crippled or disabled | ||
Verb |
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| maim - injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion" |
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| 1. | adj. | In the street, vans roared past him; brutality blared out on placards; men were trapped in mines; women burnt alive; and once a maimed file of lunatics being exercised or displayed for the diversion of the populace (who laughed aloud), ambled and nodded and grinned past him, in the Tottenham Court Road, each half apologetically, yet triumphantly, inflicting his hopeless woe. | |
| 2. | verb | The cat maimed three squirrels. | |
| 3. | verb | Sami killed, maimed, and raped women. | |
| 4. | verb | If you try to stare down a bear, it will maim you. |
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| In the street, vans roared past him; brutality blared out on placards; men were trapped in mines; women burnt alive; and once a maimed file of lunatics being exercised or displayed for the diversion of the populace (who laughed aloud), ambled and nodded and grinned past him, in the Tottenham Court Road, each half apologetically, yet triumphantly, inflicting his hopeless woe. | |
| verb | |
| The cat maimed three squirrels. | |
| Sami killed, maimed, and raped women. | |
| If you try to stare down a bear, it will maim you. | |