Maim

Verb

 * 1) To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

Synonyms

 * mutilate

Thesaurus
abrade, bark, batter, blemish, bloody, break, bugger, bung up, burn, castrate, chafe, check, chip, claw, crack, craze, cripple, cut, damage, de-energize, debilitate, defoliate, denude, disable, disenable, disfigure, dismember, drain, draw and quarter, emasculate, enfeeble, flay, fracture, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, gash, hamstring, harm, hobble, hors de combat, hurt, impair, inactivate, incapacitate, incise, injure, kibosh, lacerate, lame, make mincemeat of, mangle, massacre, maul, mayhem, mutilate, peel, pick to pieces, pierce, pull apart, puncture, put, queer, queer the works, rend, rip, run, rupture, sabotage, savage, scald, scorch, scotch, scrape, scratch, scuff, shred, skin, slash, slit, spike, sprain, stab, stick, strain, strip, take apart, tear, tear apart, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, traumatize, unfit, weaken, wing, wound, wreck, wrench

Etymology
maymen, mahaymen, from maheimer, mahaigner; see mayhem.

Translations

 * Arabic: شوه, بتر
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 致殘, 致残
 * Danish: lemlæste
 * Finnish: vammauttaa, silpoa, runnella
 * French:, estropier
 * German: verstümmeln, verschandeln
 * Hungarian:


 * Japanese: 不具
 * Macedonian: осакатува
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: увечить, калечить ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: lemlästa, stympa

Derived terms

 * maimer

Anagrams

 * imam
 * I'mma