as in mutilation
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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 Synonyms for maiming
Noun
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But in describing the attacks, language itself performs its own secondary mutilation.—
Katie Kitamura,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025 -
It’s repeatedly described as chemical and surgical mutilation, or as maiming and sterilizing kids.—
Elana Redfield,
The Conversation,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Miller, of course, has been orchestrating vehicular mayhem since his debut feature, the first Mad Max, was released in 1979.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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One woman was seen jumping over the seats to join the mayhem, while a group of men were caught on camera cornering and hitting another traveler.—
Bonny Chu,
Fox News,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Body camera footage of officers beating Brooks while his hands are cuffed behind him lead to intense criticism over the violence in the state’s prison system at the hands of corrections officers.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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Committing acts of intentional violence in an international airport is a federal crime, per the U.S. Department of Justice, punishable with a fine of up to $250,000 and 20 years in prison.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Meanwhile, a car plowed through a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday night, killing five people and injuring some 200 others.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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The anti-immigrant rhetoric has been so acute that an anti-immigration far-right extremist in Germany — ironically himself an immigrant — just attacked a holiday market, killing at least five and injuring hundreds.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
23 Dec. 2024
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Included in the bipartisan plan to avert a government shutdown is a provision extending the authority of the Homeland Security and Justice departments to continue tracking and disabling unmanned aircraft that are deemed credible threats, pushing the deadline from December 20 to March 14.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
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The combination of the pain and the pulsating eye was disabling.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Maiming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maiming. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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