What is another word for maim?
731 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ mˈe͡ɪm], [ mˈeɪm], [ m_ˈeɪ_m]
Maim is a word that denotes a serious injury or disability that damages the functionality of a person's body. Synonyms for maim include disable, incapacitate, disfigure, mutilate, cripple, and deform. These words all imply an action that harms the physical body to the extent that the affected individual may be unable to lead a normal life. While the use of these words may be unsettling, they are an important part of language. Medical professionals, counselors, and advocates often use these words to describe the severity of injuries and provide accurate depictions of conditions. As a society, it is essential that we understand the realities of these significant injuries and work to prevent them from occurring in the first place.
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Similar words for maim:
- other relevant words (noun)
- ruination (noun)
- blemish (verb)
- body (verb)
- cause injury, loss (verb)
- cripple (verb)
- cripple, put out of action (verb)
- damage (verb)
- deform (verb)
- destroy (verb)
- disfigure (verb)
- dismember (verb)
- harm (verb)
- incapacitate (verb)
- injure (verb)
- mar (verb)
- misshape (verb)
- ruin (verb)
- slaughter (verb)
- torture (verb)
- other synonyms
- blemish
- damage
- deform
- destroy
- disable
- injure
- kill
- lacerate
- other relevant words
- ruin
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Maim:
n.
• Other relevant words: (noun)- tear.
v.
• blemish (verb)- de faced,
- de-facing,
- dis torts,
- de-faces,
- de faces,
- de facing,
- de face,
- dis tort,
- dis-tort,
- de-face,
- dis-torts,
- de-faced.
- maim.
- dis limbed,
- under-mined,
- dis-arms,
- un-strengthens,
- un-strengthening,
- dis limb,
- dis-limbs,
- under-mining,
- sidelining,
- under mined,
- dis limbing,
- un strengthening,
- dis-limb,
- dis armed,
- un-strengthen,
- unstrengthens,
- dis-limbing,
- dislimbs,
- under mining,
- dis-armed,
- un-strengthened,
- unstrengthening,
- dislimbing,
- dis arming,
- dis limbs,
- dis-limbed,
- dis arms,
- un strengthen,
- dis-arming,
- un strengthens,
- un strengthened.
- castrate,
- hack,
- wound,
- crush,
- maul,
- disqualify,
- hamstring,
- break,
- mayhem,
- batter,
- impair,
- massacre,
- deface,
- warp,
- hurt,
- gimp,
- truncate,
- hog-tie.
- dis integrated,
- banged up,
- wrought havoc on,
- dis mantle,
- dis-colors,
- dis-mantling,
- disco loring,
- dis-mantled,
- dis-color,
- dis coloring,
- dis-mantles,
- dis colored,
- dis integrates,
- dis-mantle,
- de file,
- dis integrate,
- de-filed,
- wreaked havoc on,
- dis-integrated,
- dis integrating,
- wore away,
- disco-loring,
- de filed,
- wreaking havoc on,
- dis mantled,
- de-filing,
- dis color,
- de-file,
- dis-integrates,
- bangs up,
- dis-coloring,
- dis mantling,
- de filing,
- dis-colored,
- dis mantles,
- wreaks havoc on,
- de files,
- dis-integrate,
- dis colors,
- banging up,
- dis-integrating,
- de-files.
- de formed,
- malforms,
- de-form,
- de-formed,
- DE Form,
- de forms,
- malforming,
- de-forming,
- de-forms,
- de forming.
- dis patched,
- de-stroy,
- de solated,
- de-spoils,
- brake down,
- de spoils,
- de stroying,
- over-turning,
- ex terminating,
- de stroys,
- over-turn,
- broke down,
- de-spoiled,
- dis-patch,
- dis-patches,
- ex-terminating,
- over turning,
- de-stroyed,
- de-spoil,
- blots out,
- ex terminates,
- dis-patched,
- ex terminate,
- de spoiled,
- dis patches,
- ex terminated,
- de solates,
- de-solates,
- over-turns,
- de spoiling,
- de-spoiling,
- de-stroying,
- de-solate,
- de stroy,
- de stroyed,
- swallowed up,
- ex-terminates,
- de spoil,
- breaks down,
- ex-terminate,
- de solate,
- de-stroys,
- swallows up,
- de-solated,
- over turns,
- dis-patching,
- dis patch,
- ex-terminated,
- de solating,
- de-solating,
- dis patching.
- dis fashioning,
- dis-fashioned,
- dis-fashioning,
- disfashioning,
- dis fashions,
- dis figure,
- dis features,
- dis figuring,
- dis-figure,
- dis-featured,
- dis-featuring,
- disfeaturing,
- dis featuring,
- dis figures,
- dis featured,
- dis-fashions,
- dis figured,
- dis-fashion,
- disfashioned,
- dis-figuring,
- disfeatures,
- dis fashion,
- dis fashioned,
- dis-feature,
- dis-features,
- disfashions,
- dis-figured,
- dis-figures,
- dis feature.
- dis assembles,
- dis joints,
- dis assembled,
- dis member,
- dis-member,
- dis-locates,
- dis mounting,
- dis locate,
- dis-joint,
- dis jointing,
- dis locates,
- dis located,
- dis-mounting,
- dis-assembling,
- dis membered,
- dis-jointing,
- dis-locating,
- dis assemble,
- dis-members,
- dis-assembles,
- dis mount,
- dis-membered,
- dis members,
- dis locating,
- dis mounts,
- dis-mounted,
- dis-located,
- dis-mounts,
- dis-mount,
- dis assembling,
- dis-jointed,
- dis-joints,
- dis joint,
- dis-assembled,
- dis jointed,
- dis mounted,
- dis-locate,
- dis-assemble.
- dis serve,
- didst violence to,
- doest violence to,
- did violence to,
- mis-used,
- dis serving,
- dis served,
- in-commodes,
- mis used,
- out-rage,
- out-raged,
- in commodes,
- dis commodes,
- dis-serving,
- does violence to,
- out rages,
- in-convenience,
- in commode,
- dis-serve,
- in-conveniences,
- out-raging,
- dost violence to,
- dis-commode,
- out raged,
- doeth violence to,
- ill treat,
- zinged,
- dis-served,
- in-commode,
- out-rages,
- dis commode,
- dis-serves,
- in conveniences,
- out raging,
- mis-using,
- doth violence to,
- doing violence to,
- dis-commodes,
- dumps on,
- mucking up,
- dumping on,
- mis using,
- mucks up,
- dis serves.
- in capacitated,
- clipped wings,
- in capacitate,
- puts out commission,
- in-capacitates,
- in capacitates,
- hog tie,
- clips wings,
- in-capacitated,
- puts out of commission,
- putting out commission,
- in-capacitating,
- in capacitating,
- putting out of commission,
- clipping wings,
- put out commission,
- in-capacitate.
- dis tressed,
- draws blood,
- hacked up,
- drawing blood,
- dis tresses,
- dis-tress,
- dis tress,
- drew blood,
- hacking up,
- dis-tressed,
- hacks up,
- dis-tresses.
- mis shaped,
- mis-shaping,
- mis-shaped,
- mis shaping,
- mis shapen,
- mis-shapes,
- mis shapes,
- mis-shape,
- mis shape.
- re duce,
- making mess of,
- de-feats,
- made a mess of,
- over-whelm,
- over whelm,
- make mess of,
- made mess of,
- over-whelms,
- de-predates,
- brought ruin,
- de-feat,
- over whelms,
- over-whelmed,
- de predates,
- brings ruin,
- re duces,
- cleans out,
- uses up,
- de predated,
- re-duces,
- bringing to ruin,
- bring ruin,
- over-throwing,
- over-throw,
- de-predated,
- spoilated,
- over-throws,
- de predate,
- de-predating,
- over whelmed,
- spoilates,
- over throw,
- over-whelming,
- makes a mess of,
- de predating,
- making a mess of,
- makes mess of,
- over thrown,
- brings to ruin,
- de-predate,
- de feat,
- spoilating,
- re-duce,
- over whelming,
- over throws,
- over throwing,
- over-thrown,
- de feats.
- doest exterminate,
- totalled trounce,
- does in exterminate,
- do exterminate,
- doeth in exterminate,
- didst exterminate,
- dost exterminate,
- doth in exterminate,
- did exterminate,
- totaled trounce,
- doth exterminate,
- doeth exterminate,
- totaling trounce,
- doing exterminate,
- does exterminate,
- didst in exterminate,
- doest in exterminate,
- did in exterminate,
- doing in exterminate,
- dost in exterminate,
- totals trounce,
- totalling trounce.
Other synonyms:
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- mutilate.
- pollute,
- tamper with,
- wearing away,
- wears away,
- maltreat,
- rotted,
- tore,
- infect,
- tampers with,
- wear away,
- ravaged,
- tampered with,
- tampering with,
- bang up,
- wreak havoc on.
- malform,
- knotted,
- malformed,
- Flawing,
- Gnarling,
- wince,
- Winced,
- Misshape,
- gnarl,
- flaw,
- gnarls,
- grimacing,
- knot,
- flawed.
- laying waste,
- blotting out,
- liquidate,
- swallowing up,
- Trashed,
- break down,
- torpedoing,
- axe,
- Torpedoes,
- blot out,
- torpedo,
- blotted out,
- breaking down,
- exterminates,
- swallow up,
- lay waste,
- torpedoed,
- lays waste,
- laid waste,
- over turn,
- Creamed,
- Creaming,
- torn down.
- pinion,
- unfitted,
- unbraced,
- disenable,
- unfits,
- unbrace,
- shoot down,
- pinioned,
- shot down,
- taking out,
- Pinioning,
- put out of action,
- immobilize,
- hogtie,
- unfitting,
- throw monkey wrench in,
- takes out,
- take out,
- render incapable,
- took out,
- pinions.
- muck up,
- dilapidate,
- dismember,
- Lames,
- incapacitate,
- put out of commission,
- hobble,
- blemish,
- Hacking,
- queers,
- queering,
- actioned,
- torture,
- destroy,
- Hacked,
- vandalize,
- deform,
- mucked up,
- Laming,
- Disfeature,
- scar,
- Hashed,
- Disfashion,
- damage,
- Dilapidating,
- disfigure,
- martyrize,
- sidelined,
- dislimbed,
- unstrengthen,
- Hashing,
- lame,
- queered,
- Dislimb,
- do violence to,
- Martyred,
- torturing,
- disfeatured,
- Palsying,
- sideline,
- dilapidates,
- dump on,
- actioning,
- ill-treat,
- dumped on,
- Unstrengthened,
- martyrized,
- do in exterminate,
- lacerate,
- Illtreat,
- Palsies,
- Winging,
- clip wings,
- mangle,
- zinging,
- cripple,
- martyrizing,
- harm,
- disable,
- palsy,
- total trounce,
- mis-shapen,
- Lamed,
- injure,
- mar,
- mangled,
- martyrizes,
- Martyring.
- using up,
- used up,
- make a mess of,
- Beggaring,
- Bankrupting,
- spoilate,
- bringing ruin,
- brought to ruin,
- cleaned out,
- bankrupts,
- bring to ruin,
- use up,
- clean out,
- cleaning out,
- Beggared,
- Bankrupted.
- cramp,
- savourless,
- dull,
- strip,
- bruise,
- ill,
- unconditional,
- nuisance,
- put,
- butcher,
- procumbent,
- pick to pieces,
- contort,
- chip,
- fracture,
- compressed,
- detriment,
- disservice,
- weak,
- scarify,
- savage,
- mutilated,
- deaden,
- garrotte,
- feeble,
- flat,
- failure,
- pierce,
- Surbate,
- draw and quarter,
- distort,
- peel,
- chop,
- double up,
- cut,
- curtail,
- exhaust,
- matted,
- hors de combat,
- puncture,
- weaken,
- wing,
- burn,
- skin,
- disadvantage,
- disarm,
- injustice,
- forfeit,
- flavourless,
- injury,
- grievance,
- drain,
- rend,
- devitalize,
- tear off,
- traumatize,
- garrote,
- injured,
- scuff,
- craze,
- tear to pieces,
- scratch,
- gash,
- debilitate,
- incise,
- bloody,
- slit,
- lop off,
- impairment,
- bark,
- lop,
- disabled,
- mischief,
- indispose,
- chafe,
- prejudice,
- fray,
- strain,
- muzzle,
- bane,
- rip off,
- paralyze,
- stab,
- Becripple,
- outrage,
- pauperize,
- loss,
- scorch,
- de-energize,
- disabling,
- crack,
- scrape,
- gall,
- slash,
- wrench,
- pull apart,
- tort,
- queer,
- shred,
- ruination,
- bugger,
- categoric,
- offend,
- kibosh,
- hock,
- crippled,
- emasculate,
- bung up,
- check,
- denude,
- paralyse,
- throttle,
- flay,
- disqualifying,
- enervate,
- inactivate,
- prostrate,
- handicap,
- amputate,
- turn,
- wreck,
- scotch,
- Hough,
- stick,
- fret,
- claw,
- lacerated,
- uninteresting,
- evil,
- grieve,
- rip,
- crippling,
- deactivate,
- strangle,
- rupture,
- defoliate,
- frazzle,
- silence,
- sprain,
- vitiate,
- spike,
- categorical,
- take apart,
- bland,
- abrade,
- Ratten,
- lesion,
- ruin,
- tear apart,
- run,
- sabotage,
- unfit,
- scald,
- unhinge,
- make mincemeat of,
- invalidate,
- enfeeble,
- incapacitating.
How to use "Maim" in context?
Maim is the act of wounding or disabling a person without intending to kill them. It is defined as the intentional inflicttion of serious harm on someone with the sole purpose of causing physical discomfort or impairment.
Maim is often used as a noun to describe a specific injury, such as the maiming of a leg due to a landmine blast. The term can also be used to describe any kind of attack that results in the impairment of a person's ability to function.
Maiming can take many different forms, from simple cuts to more severe injuries, such as loss of a limb.
Paraphrases for Maim:
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Equivalence
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Verb, past tense
self-mutilate.
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Verb, base form
mutilate.
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Verb, past tense
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Independent
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Verb, past tense
destroyed.
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Verb, past tense
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Other Related
Homophones for Maim:
- minoan, miami, minim, may 24, muumuu, m1, minimum, maoi, mayenne, miao, mammee, mimeo, mn, momma, m3, minnow, mayan, mym, maw, M, meany, mommy, minium, man, mm, mummy, m-1, manama, men, mono, menomini, monoamine, mao, memo, moa, min, maia, meanie, manannan, mayhem, mamo, muon, may, moynihan, moue, miaou, moan, mu, mona, mahoe, mann, mo, menu, mya, mime, M.M., maha, moneyman, meme, mon, mooneye, mini, moon, money, mahonia, mean, m2, mho, mew, mei, meow, mien, mom, mine, minah, mama, Moho, 8 May 1945, mahayana, myoma, mayo, Moonie, mina, menuhin, menominee, mammon, mamey, myna, Mame, mayhaw, mammy, mown, many, mow, mnium, mamma, mum, me, minion, mi, mannheim, mania, many a, may wine, Mayme, miaow, maine, may 1, Minyan, maya, mammea, mem, mahan, many an, manna, mahimahi, maui, moo, mynah, mam, moony, main, mane, moon on, ma'am, ma, monomania.
Hyponym for Maim:
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sticker shock
- Synonyms:
- appraise, bargain, beat down, bottom out, bounce back, cap, cheapen, Capping.
