brain-damaged
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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A man who was left paralysed and brain-damaged after a scuffle with police and nightclub doormen 12 years ago has died, aged 31.
From BBC
Would she say she’s brain-damaged because of phones?
From Los Angeles Times
Who better to supervise public health services than a paranoid, conspiracy-mongering anti-vaxxer who is, by his own admission, brain-damaged by a parasitic worm?
From Salon
Reagan, 28, from Yate, near Bristol, gave birth to Alessi in September 2020 and following complications during delivery, her baby was brain-damaged and is unable to walk, talk, swallow, or even cry.
From BBC
A boy left blind and brain-damaged after being attacked as a baby by his father has died in hospital, prompting a fresh police investigation.
From BBC
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