as in mutilation
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as in crippling
to cause severe or permanent injury to
on-the-job accidents maim far too many workers every year
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maiming
Noun
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And as for the claim that leather is produced ethically with high welfare standards for animals, CFJ found that some legal industry practices include animal mutilation and horn removal.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Jan. 2025 -
The mutilation acts are then photographed, video recorded or streamed online and shared with other members of the groups, prosecutors said.—
Antonio Planas,
NBC News,
13 Dec. 2024
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The girl’s caretakers were each convicted of child endangerment, and her mom was also convicted of mayhem, officials said.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Sacramento Bee,
15 Jan. 2025
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On Potomac, however, all of the potential to meaningfully explore queerness on a Black franchise — after years of the gay men of RHOA being trotted out and swapped like Pokémon cards — is effectively overridden by Mia’s persistent state of mayhem.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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However, homeless people are more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators.—
Leah Goodridge,
TIME,
27 Jan. 2025
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The number of Indianapolis children lost to gun violence dropped dramatically last year.—
Arika Herron,
Axios,
27 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, a car plowed through a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday night, killing five people and injuring some 200 others.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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The anti-immigrant rhetoric has been so acute that an anti-immigration far-right extremist in Germany — ironically himself an immigrant — just attacked a holiday market, killing at least five and injuring hundreds.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
23 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The combination of the pain and the pulsating eye was disabling.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
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Included in the bipartisan plan to avert a government shutdown is a provision extending the authority of the Homeland Security and Justice departments to continue tracking and disabling unmanned aircraft that are deemed credible threats, pushing the deadline from December 20 to March 14.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Maiming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maiming. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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