maim
verb (used with object)
to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple.
is maiming
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present progressiveof maim (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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He made himself a type of all Slavery, turning into flesh and blood the truth that all Slavery is maiming.
From The Grandissimes by Cable, George Washington
