maim

Example Sentences

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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

In severe cases, he said, offenders can be required to plant two trees for every one they maim.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2023

"Even if they're fed and sterilized, cats retain their instinct to hunt. They are not native wildlife—they are an invasive species. They terrorize, maim, and kill animals who don't stand a chance against them."

From Salon • Dec. 20, 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

Grapholitha; or the roots—e.g. wire-worms, and so maim the plant that its foliage and assimilation suffer, or its roots become too scanty to supply the transpiration current.

From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall