maim
verb[IorT]
uk/meɪm/us/meɪm/toinjureapersonsoseverelythat apartoftheirbodywill nolongerworkas it should:
（使）残废，致残；（使）受重伤Manychildrenhave been maimedforlifeby thesebombs.许多孩子被这些炸弹炸成重伤，落下终身残疾。
to hurt someone physically
- hurtI hurt my arm climbing over the fence.
- injureThe bomb killed ten people and injured many more.
- woundHe was wounded so badly in the attack that doctors said he might never walk again.
- maimThe atrocities have killed or maimed thousands of people.
- tortureThe guards were accused of torturing prisoners.
- stabHe was fatally stabbed with a kitchen knife.
Injuring and injuries
- at-risk
- be in the warsidiom
- bite
- boo-boo
- cripple
- disable
- harm
- injure
- injury
- lesion
- lesional
- reinjury
- scarred
- scathe
- sprain
- strain
- trample
- trauma
- victim
- wounded