Definition

1. Adjective: Having a part of the body severely and permanently injured or damaged, resulting in the loss of function or disfigurement.
2. 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

1. having a part of the body crippled or disabled

Noun

1. people who are wounded
   • they had to leave the wounded where they fell