maim

transitive verb

To injure, disable, or disfigure, usually by depriving of the use of a limb or other part of the body. synonym: mangle.

transitive verb

To make imperfect or defective; impair.

To disable by wounding or mutilation; deprive of, or of the use of, a necessary constituent part, as of the body, or, figuratively, of anything; in old law, to deprive of the use of a limb, so as to render a person less able to defend himself in fighting, or to annoy his adversary; mutilate. See mayhem.

Synonyms Mangle, etc. See mutilate.

noun

A disabling wound or mutilation: the deprivation of a necessary part, or of the use of it, as a limb; a crippling, or that which cripples; in old law, deprivation by injury or removal of the use of some member serviceable in fight or for self-protection.

noun

See the quotation, and mayhem.

noun

A hurt or wound in general; an injury.

noun

A defect or blemish.

noun

The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body, by which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.