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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
maim .
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Examples
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There also ought to be a direct word for "near fatally attacks" - something like "maims"?
HH Com 454 Miss Snark 2006
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"It maims people, it cripples them and it makes their lives shorter because they cannot work and therefore they cannot eat," says Dr. Denis Daumerie, project manager of Neglected Tropical Diseases at the WHO in Geneva, who's been working with leprosy for nearly three decades.
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The gentle bull, not the vicious one, most often kills or maims his keeper.
Archive 2010-09-01 Olga Bonfiglio 2010
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I had some misses, jams and missed oppurtunities but luckily no wounds or maims.
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"It maims people, it cripples them and it makes their lives shorter because they cannot work and therefore they cannot eat," says Dr. Denis Daumerie, project manager of Neglected Tropical Diseases at the WHO in Geneva, who's been working with leprosy for nearly three decades.
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The gentle bull, not the vicious one, most often kills or maims his keeper.
Farm Journal: Testosterone Rush, Farm Safety and Nostalgia Olga Bonfiglio 2010
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When anyone messes with him, he kills them or maims them without regret and without hesitation.
MIND MELD: Books We Love That Everyone Else Hates (and Vice Versa) 2010
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"It maims people, it cripples them and it makes their lives shorter because they cannot work and therefore they cannot eat," says Dr. Denis Daumerie, project manager of Neglected Tropical Diseases at the WHO in Geneva, who's been working with leprosy for nearly three decades.
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The thing feels no pain—but the broken bone maims it and it falls awkwardly to the ground.
Can You Survive The Zombie Apocalypse? Max Brallier 2011
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"It maims people, it cripples them and it makes their lives shorter because they cannot work and therefore they cannot eat," says Dr. Denis Daumerie, project manager of Neglected Tropical Diseases at the WHO in Geneva, who's been working with leprosy for nearly three decades.
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