Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - maim
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(maims, maiming, maimed) To maim someone means to injure them so badly that part of their body is permanently damaged. Mines have been scattered in rice paddies and jungles, maiming and killing civilians... VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English maymen, mahaymen, from Anglo-French maheimer, mahaigner — more at mayhem Date: 14th century 1. to commit the felony of mayhem upon 2. to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously • ~er noun Synonyms: ~, cripple, mutilate, batter, mangle mean to injure so severely as to cause lasting damage. ~ implies the loss or injury of a bodily member through violence ~ed by a shark. cripple implies the loss or serious impairment of an arm or leg crippled for life in an accident. mutilate implies the cutting off or removal of an essential part of a person or thing thereby impairing its completeness, beauty, or function a tree mutilated by inept pruning. batter implies a series of blows that bruise deeply, deform, or mutilate an old ship battered by fierce storms. mangle implies a tearing or crushing that leaves deep wounds a soldier's leg mangled by shrapnel. II. noun Date: 14th century 1. obsolete serious physical injury; especially loss of a member of the body 2. obsolete a serious loss ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 cripple, disable, mutilate. 2 harm, impair (emotionally maimed by neglect). Etymology: ME maime etc. f. OF mahaignier etc., of unkn. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. юр. тяжкое телесное повреждение 2. калечить, увечить to maim smb. for life —- сделать кого-л. калекой на всю жизнь to be maimed in battle —- получить увечье в бою to be maimed in the hand —- покалечить руку he was maimed in an accident —- он покалечился (его покалечило) во время катастрофы (несчастного случая) 3. юр. причинить тяжкое телесное повреждение ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1300, from O.Fr. mahaignier, possibly from V.L. *mahanare, of unknown origin; possibly from Gmc. (cf. O.N. meidha "to hurt," related to mad) ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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