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maim

[meym] / meɪm /


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The court’s action imperils the CPSC’s ability to ban products that may maim or kill consumers, including children, giving corporations freer rein to flood the market with dangerous goods.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2024

Only the owner of a carrier or racing pigeon can injure, kill, maim, trap or detain their bird.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2023

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

These approaches Bruce is said to have rendered difficult by pitfalls, and even by caltrops to maim the horses.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter




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