maimed
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Definition
- Adjective: Having a part of the body severely and permanently injured or damaged, resulting in the loss of function or disfigurement.
- Noun : People who have been severely injured, especially in a way that causes lasting disability.
Usage
- Adjective: The word describes a person or living creature that has suffered a serious, often visible, injury leading to a lasting physical impairment.
- The maimed soldier was honored for his sacrifice.
- The veterinarian treated the maimed bird's broken wing.
- Noun: Used collectively to refer to a group of people who have been seriously wounded.
- The hospital was filled with the maimed after the battle.
Examples
- Adjective:
- He was maimed in the industrial accident and lost the use of his right hand.
- The documentary showed images of maimed civilians fleeing the war zone.
- Noun:
- The charity provided aid not only to the dead but also to the maimed.
- Among the maimed, there were stories of incredible resilience.
Advanced Usage
- Figurative Use: The term can be used metaphorically to describe something that has been severely damaged or rendered incomplete.
- The censored version was a maimed piece of art, missing its most powerful scenes.
Variants and Related Words
- Maim (verb): To wound or injure (a person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged.
- The explosion could kill or maim anyone nearby.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Crippled, mutilated, disabled, mangled, injured.
- Noun: The wounded, the injured, casualties.
Antonyms
- Adjective: Unharmed, intact, whole, able-bodied.
Adjective
- having a part of the body crippled or disabled
Noun
- people who are wounded
- they had to leave the wounded where they fell