Sentence examples for to maim from inspiring English sources

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to maim

verb

To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

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"We weren't trying to maim anyone.

It had the potential to maim or even kill.

Guns, invented to maim and destroy, are my natural enemy.

But it did not involve intent to maim.

"Sorry, Dad, I didn't mean to kill, only to maim".

His coaches directed his team to maim the opposition.

He also taught us how to maim and to kill.

'To loyalists who continue to maim and murder, I say, your day is done.

The N.H.L. joins it there on the issue of players trying to maim each other.

The bombs at the Boston Marathon were designed to maim and kill, and they did.

Landmines continue to maim or kill 4,000 people in Africa every year.

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