maim
verb
1.
injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
- “people were maimed by the explosion”
Origin
From Middle English maymen, mahaymen, from Anglo-Norman maheimer, mahaigner, of Germanic origin; see mayhem.
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