maim
verb
[ meɪm ]
• wound or injure (a person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged.
• "100,000 soldiers were killed or maimed"
Similar:
injure,
wound,
hurt,
disable,
put out of action,
incapacitate,
impair,
mar,
mutilate,
lacerate,
disfigure,
deform,
mangle,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French mahaignier, of unknown origin.
