Thesaurus / lames
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synonyms for lames
- castrate
- disable
- disfigure
- dismember
- hack
- harm
- impair
- incapacitate
- injure
- mangle
- maul
- mutilate
- wound
- batter
- blemish
- break
- crush
- damage
- deface
- disqualify
- gimp
- hamstring
- hog-tie
- hurt
- lame
- mar
- massacre
- spoil
- truncate
- warp
- mayhem
- amputate
- butcher
- cripple
- deface
- disable
- disfigure
- dismember
- distort
- hack
- injure
- mangle
- ravage
- adulterate
- batter
- bowdlerize
- crush
- expurgate
- hurt
- lacerate
- lame
- mar
- scratch
- spoil
- weaken
- cut to pieces
- cut up
- hash up
- mess up
- demolish
- destroy
- disable
- freeze
- halt
- incapacitate
- knock out
- stun
- weaken
- anesthetize
- appall
- arrest
- astound
- bemuse
- benumb
- close
- daunt
- daze
- deaden
- debilitate
- disarm
- enfeeble
- lame
- nonplus
- numb
- palsy
- petrify
- prostrate
- stupefy
- transfix
- bring to grinding halt
- make inert
- make nerveless
- shut down
- stop dead
- bash
- beat
- bruise
- buffet
- clobber
- cripple
- crush
- demolish
- destroy
- hurt
- injure
- lash
- mar
- pelt
- pummel
- punish
- ruin
- shatter
- smash
- wallop
- wreck
- assault
- break
- contuse
- dash
- deface
- disable
- disfigure
- drub
- lacerate
- lambaste
- lame
- mangle
- maul
- mutilate
- pommel
- pound
- thrash
- debilitate
- hamstring
- hurt
- immobilize
- incapacitate
- injure
- paralyze
- sap
- stifle
- undermine
- weaken
- attenuate
- blunt
- disarm
- dismember
- enfeeble
- lame
- maim
- mangle
- mutilate
- palsy
- prostrate
- sideline
- dislimb
- unstrengthen
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antonyms for lames
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- build
- construct
- continue
- improve
- repair
- restore
- aid
- assist
- bore
- clear up
- comfort
- embolden
- encourage
- enlighten
- enliven
- explain
- help
- please
- release
- soothe
- strengthen
- incite
- mobilize
- stimulate
- aid
- assist
- build
- compliment
- construct
- create
- cure
- encourage
- fail
- fix
- heal
- help
- let go
- lose
- mend
- praise
- protect
- repair
- restore
- surrender
- adorn
- beautify
- decorate
- ornament
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How to use lames in a sentence
The Gorget (Fig. 30) is made in two halves, each composed of a single plate or, sometimes, of two or three horizontal lames.
ARMOUR & WEAPONSCHARLES JOHN FFOULKESBut alcohol does both; it lames the power of a whole nation and leads to the degeneration of the race, as does opium in China.
BRITISH SOCIALISMJ. ELLIS BARKER"Thought expands but lames," said Goethe—unless it is constantly controlled by fact.
COLLEGE TEACHINGPAUL KLAPPERIt warps my political sympathies; it distorts my judgment; it obscures my eloquence, and it lames my logic!
THE CABINET MINISTERARTHUR PINEROSon tissu parait aussi lamelleux, et les lames semblent affecter une sorte de divergence.
THEORY OF THE EARTH, VOLUME 1 (OF 4)JAMES HUTTONWere it not for this wound, which lames me, I would spring upon you and crush the life from your miserable carcass.
A GALLANT GRENADIERF.S. BRERETONEnviable stoicism that mislays the keepsake of some poor widow, or lames the old curate's cob, the fond companion of many rambles.
THE DALTONS, VOLUME I (OF II)CHARLES JAMES LEVERI think it more often lames than strengthens the memory and observation.
NOTES ON NURSINGFLORENCE NIGHTINGALETheir art lames and cripples them with a thousand meticulous scruples.
SUSPENDED JUDGMENTSJOHN COWPER POWYSIt always lames me for a few hours, though, when I do anything to it.
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