- to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple: The explosion maimed him for life.
- to impair; make essentially defective: The essay was maimed by deletion of important paragraphs.
- a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- an injury or defect; blemish; lack.
- to mutilate, cripple, or disable a part of the body of (a person or animal)
- to make defective
- an injury or defect
