maimed

[ meymd ]

/ meɪmd /

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adjective

partly or wholly deprived of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like: As a patient in a Dublin hospital in 1917, he shared rooms with many of the maimed victims of World War I.

impaired or defective in some essential way: Coverage of the fisheries question took a full spread in the newspaper, so what you read in that brief post is a maimed account.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of maim.

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Origin of maimed

maim + -ed² for the adjective senses; maim + -ed¹ for the verb sense

OTHER WORDS FROM maimed

maimed·ness, nounself-maimed, adjectiveun·maimed, adjective

Words nearby maimed

mailsack, mailshot, maim, mai mai, Maiman, maimed, Maimonides, main, Mainbocher, main body, main brace

How to use maimed in a sentence

Bodies come back in flag-shrouded coffins, and the living and maimed are hailed as heroes with purpose.
To Truly Shame Putin, Show Us the Bodies of MH17|Tim Teeman|July 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She had a way of convincing sick and maimed people that she was their equal.
The Day the Fairytale Died|Marilyn Johnson|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One year after the Boston bombing, a maimed survivor faces the choice of amputation.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, April 12, 2014||April 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That attitude extends to fans, a few of whom are killed or maimed each year by flying car parts after a collision.
Can NASCAR Driver Trevor Bayne Race Safely With Multiple Sclerosis?|Kent Sepkowitz|November 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Had the bomb exploded, scores of New Yorkers likely would have been killed and even more wounded or maimed.
Pakistani Taliban Leader Hakeemullah Mehsud Killed In U.S. Drone Strike|Bill Roggio|November 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He commanded a regiment in the war of 1812, and was maimed for life in the battle of Chrystler's fields.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
He who has maimed another not only undergoes in return the loss of the same limb, but his hand also is cut off.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3)|Strabo
His answer was to rise suddenly to his knees, to stoop again, and to kiss the foot he had innocently maimed.
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions
A perfect army of halt and maimed and lame and blind crouch by the sides of the lane and live on the charity of the passers-by.
Round the Wonderful World|G. E. Mitton
The rest of the prisoners were either dead or too badly maimed to fight.
The Status Civilization|Robert Sheckley