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maim

[meym] / meɪm /


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One legacy we don’t hear anything about in Turning Point is how the war continues to kill, maim, and sicken the Vietnamese people.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2025

But doctors warn that such “button batteries” can maim and kill.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2024

The only way for a medical professional to declaw a cat, after all, is to permanently maim the animal's paws.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2022

They can kill or maim trees, leaving scarring that allows an entry point for other tree pests and diseases which can stunt their growth.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2022

But, I say, now they had a trial of skill, namely, to see if they could maim some of the bulls so as not to kill them, and might bring them to carry their luggage.

From A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before by Defoe, Daniel




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