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Definition/Meaning

(verb)

hurt, injure, damage or incapacitate a person;

e.g. They threatened to maim him if he didn't admit to committing the crime.

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Similar Words

Cripple

Ding

Disable

Incapacitate

Kneecap

Lame

Mutilate

Mutilation

Undermine

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Opposite Words

Cure

Doctor

Fix

Heal

Mend

Patch

Physic

Rebuild

Recondition

Reconstruct

Refurbish

Rehab

Rehabilitate

Rejuvenate

Remedy

Renew

Renovate

Repair

Restore

Revamp

Setup

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Related Words

Bang

Bash

Baste

Bat

Batter

Beat

Belabor

Belt

Birch

Blemish

Bloody

Bludgeon

Box

Break

Bruise

Buffet

Club

Compromise

Crab

Cripple

Curry

Damage

Deface

Disable

Disfigure

Dismember

Do

Drub

Endamage

Fib

Flaw

Flog

Gore

Hammer

Hamstring

Harm

Hide

Hit

Hobble

Hurt

Immobilize

Impair

Incapacitate

Injure

Kill

Kneecap

Lace

Lacerate

Lambaste

Lash

Lather

Lick

Mangle

Mar

Maul

Murder

Paddle

Paralyze

Paste

Pelt

Pommel

Pound

Prostrate

Pummel

Punch

Punch-out

Scar

Slap

Slate

Slog

Smack

Smash

Sock

Spank

Spoil

Swat

Swipe

Tan

Thrash

Thresh

Thump

Thwack

Torment

Torture

Tromp

Vitiate

Wallop

Whack

Whale

Whap

Whip

Whop

Whup

Wing

Wound

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