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Recent Examples of maimed
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
That may sound unfathomable to any non-comic reader who watched Steven Yeun's Mark Grayson get bludgeoned, maimed, and nearly disemboweled (sorry, Atom Eve) in an episode-long, cities-spanning fight with Thragg's berzerker warrior, Conquest (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).
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Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
These armed hostilities have maimed, mutilated and killed millions of human beings — many of them innocent civilians.
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Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
They were wounded and maimed by the tens of thousands.
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CBS News,
10 May 2026
As a result, more than 1,130 people died and thousands more were maimed or injured.
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Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
The LaMunyons’ location was maimed in January when a Ford F150 collided into the restaurant.
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Jenna Thompson
april 16,
Kansas City Star,
16 Apr. 2026
About this many children have been killed or maimed in the war, according to UNICEF.
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ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
Miraculously, although some of his passengers may have sustained mild injuries, not a single one was maimed or killed.
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Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Israel is in shambles with probably large casualties, dead and maimed.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Meanwhile, Lord Corlys Velaryon and his fleet have the city blockaded, while Team Black commands from Dragonstone and Daemon battles in the Riverlands and Aemond broods on the throne, which he’s taken from his maimed brother.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
That may sound unfathomable to any non-comic reader who watched Steven Yeun's Mark Grayson get bludgeoned, maimed, and nearly disemboweled (sorry, Atom Eve) in an episode-long, cities-spanning fight with Thragg's berzerker warrior, Conquest (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).
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Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
Those who survived were often maimed for life, in body and in spirit.
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Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
These armed hostilities have maimed, mutilated and killed millions of human beings — many of them innocent civilians.
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Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
They were wounded and maimed by the tens of thousands.
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CBS News,
10 May 2026
As a result, more than 1,130 people died and thousands more were maimed or injured.
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Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
The LaMunyons’ location was maimed in January when a Ford F150 collided into the restaurant.
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Jenna Thompson
april 16,
Kansas City Star,
16 Apr. 2026
About this many children have been killed or maimed in the war, according to UNICEF.
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ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
Miraculously, although some of his passengers may have sustained mild injuries, not a single one was maimed or killed.
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Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Israel is in shambles with probably large casualties, dead and maimed.
—
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maimed
Adjective
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According to the Times coverage of the incident and subsequent lawsuit, the scenes shown in the classroom included autopsies, decaying cadavers and live animals being butchered, mutilated and tortured.
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But the most difficult parts also offer ways forward — news that arrives via a skull, a mutilated body, evidence of closure in many respects of the word.
Verb
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In the nation’s gravest hour, the country’s authoritarian regime has crippled an effective response, say survivors, rescue workers and former officials.
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This comes at a dire time for Venezuela, which is still deep in political and financial crisis – being led by an interim government after US forces captured President Nicolás Maduro earlier this year, and facing an economy crippled by years of hyperinflation.
Adjective
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The Dodge became disabled, and the troopers arrested the driver.
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Homeless residents, many of whom don’t have a car or are disabled, now have to travel outside of Skid Row to get stamps or mail a package.
Verb
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There's an apocryphal story about its creations; supposedly Kryptonite was invented so Superman's voice actor Bud Collyer could take vacations while the Man of Steel was incapacitated.
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Airbus UpNext's DragonFly project is developing AI that manages complex emergencies autonomously when the crew is incapacitated.
Verb
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Khamenei’s 56-year-old son Mojtaba, who was wounded in the attack that killed his father, was appointed the new supreme leader in March but has not been seen in public or even issued an audio statement since then.
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Another 21 were wounded in the explosion at a popular cafe near the capital's main judicial complex, which was often frequented by lawyers.
Verb
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In a later post on Telegram, Klitschko said Kyiv also came under ballistic missile attack, with five people injured in one of the central districts.
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The Tacoma Fire Department (TFD) later said no firefighters or residents were injured.
Verb
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Joshua Serad, of Maple Shade, stole and damaged Pride flags Monday in the business district of Haddonfield on Kings Highway, according to police.
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Flying bricks damaged the crossing’s signal arms, and the crossing was closed by Union Pacific.
Verb
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Historians estimate that the North American epidemic killed at least 100,000 to 130,000 people over several years.
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Wednesday marked one year since an explosion at a Northern California fireworks facility killed seven workers and changed the lives of their families forever.
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“Maimed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maimed. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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