maimed (verb)

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• maim — [[t]me͟ɪm[/t]] maims, maiming, maimed VERB To maim someone means to injure them so badly that part of their body is permanently damaged. [V n] Mines have been scattered in rice paddies and jungles, maiming and killing civilians... [V n] One man… …   English dictionary

• maim — verb (T) to wound or injure someone very seriously and often permanently: landmines that kill or maim people in the rural areas | maimed for life: Rod was maimed for life in a car smash …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• mutilate — verb (transitive often passive) 1 to severely and violently damage someone s body, especially by removing part of it: Many people were mutilated and maimed in the blast. 2 to damage or change something so much that it is completely spoiled or… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• maim — verb a dog maimed by a coyote Syn: injure, wound, cripple, disable, incapacitate, impair, mar, mutilate, lacerate, disfigure, deform, mangle …   Thesaurus of popular words

• maim — UK [meɪm] / US verb [transitive] Word forms maim : present tense I/you/we/they maim he/she/it maims present participle maiming past tense maimed past participle maimed to injure someone seriously, especially permanently The boy had been maimed in …   English dictionary

• ETA — Infobox militant organization name = Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, (ETA) caption = ETA symbol dates = 1959–present leader = Mikel Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina Txeroki Fact|date=February 2008 motives = The creation of an independent socialist Basque Country… …   Wikipedia

• Manqué — and manque both direct here. See also Manque (disambiguation). Manqué (feminine, manquée) is a term used in reference to a person who has failed to live up to a specific expectation or ambition. It is usually used in combination with a profession …   Wikipedia

• maim´er — maim «maym», verb, noun, adjective. –v.t. 1. to cut off or make useless an arm, leg, ear, or the like, of; cripple; disable: »He lost two toes in the accident, but we were glad that he was not more seriously maimed. SYNONYM(S): mutilate, mangle.… …   Useful english dictionary

• JUDEO-ARABIC LITERATURE — JUDEO ARABIC LITERATURE, written in Arabic by Jews for Jews. It is written in an idiom which is linguistically closer to the spoken form of Arabic than is the idiom used in Muslim literature. It may plausibly be assumed that, prior to the rise of …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• mutilate — transitive verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin mutilatus, past participle of mutilare, from mutilus truncated, maimed Date: 1534 1. to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect < the child mutilated the book with his scissors > 2. to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• maim — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English maymen, mahaymen, from Anglo French maheimer, mahaigner more at mayhem Date: 14th century 1. to commit the felony of mayhem upon 2. to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously • maimer noun Synonyms:… …   New Collegiate Dictionary