as in crippling
to cause severe or permanent injury to
on-the-job accidents maim far too many workers every year
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Recent Examples of maiming
Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Karim Kattan, The Dial, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
A lot of the action set pieces involving dismemberment, disembowelment, and general maiming were also practical, albeit with some light digital touch-ups in post-production.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
Horror deals with the fear of violence, maiming, being haunted by things.
—Karim Kattan, The Dial, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maiming
Verb
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Deadly floods in Asia have devastated crops, crippling already fragile food production.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Thomas’ absence has been crippling for the Giants in recent years.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The alleged crimes include torture and mutilation, and Heuermann allegedly took notes on the crimes, the targets and measures to avoid detection.—
Michael Ruiz , Jennifer Johnson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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But then, in April, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memo that said the Justice Department would investigate doctors who provide transition care to minors under existing laws, including laws against genital mutilation.—
Jo Yurcaba,
NBC news,
24 Aug. 2025
Verb
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While the name suggests something far more trivial, significant damage to the ligaments of the metatarsophalangeal joint can be incapacitating.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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To write one’s way out of the incapacitating dependence of daughterhood into autonomy means shedding the unquestioning fidelity of a child.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Now let’s see the Survivor contestants cause this much mayhem.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
14 Sep. 2025
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It could have been derived from Jira Monster, a 1952 story written by Shigeru Kayama about a lizard-like creature that caused mayhem on a Pacific island.—
Michael Taube,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That same day, a student opened fire at a Colorado high school, critically wounding two peers.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
17 Sep. 2025
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The man suspected of shooting and critically wounding a police officer in northern Georgia on Friday night has been taken into custody after an hourslong manhunt, officials announced.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Kirk's killing, and its aftermath, have stoked deep divisions across the country at a time when political violence was already on the rise.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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Hate speech that crosses the line into threats of violence is NOT protected by the First Amendment.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Two Xpeng eVTOL flying cars collided during an air show rehearsal in Changchun, injuring one passenger (now stable).—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
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The attack marked the first incident of a bear injuring a person in Yellowstone in 2025.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In 2013, 15-year-old Daniel Marsh was accused of killing and mutilating the bodies of an elderly couple living nearby his father in California.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Maiming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maiming. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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