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View definitions for maimed

maimed

adjective as in deprived of use of a body part

adjective as in impaired

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Not to bring the mood down too much, but the stories are piling up of women killed or maimed because of abortion bans.

From Salon

News reports of women maimed and killed by abortion bans filled the airwaves.

From Slate

In a widely viewed clip, Sinwar is shown seated alone inside a shattered building, one arm maimed and motionless, using his good arm to hurl a stick or pole at the Israeli drone tracking him.

If only more people would listen right now, with Gaza lying in rubble; Israeli bombs crushing southern Lebanon; war spreading ever more widely across the region; and tens of thousands of children, women and men maimed or killed.

From Salon

It was also blamed for the exploding pager and walkie-talkie attacks that left thousands of Hezbollah members maimed, blinded or killed.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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