maim
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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
I love this quote by Ntozake Shange: “i cant count the number of times i have viscerally wanted to attack deform n maim the language that i was taught to hate myself in.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025
"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
Bad conditions of life destroy not only the inefficient, but the efficient, and many of those whom they do not kill they maim.
From A Short History of English Liberalism by Blease, Walter Lyon
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