maimed
Left permanently damaged
Maimed means severely injured, especially with permanent damage to a limb or body part.
The word emphasizes disfigurement or loss of function rather than pain: soldiers maimed by landmines, The accident left him maimed for life.
Maimed carries more gravity than injured—it suggests lasting physical impairment that cannot be fully healed.
Severely damaged or impaired
- mutilatedDamaged by severing parts
- dismemberedHad limbs cut off
- mangledSeverely disfigured or ruined
- disfiguredSpoiled in appearance
amputated · severed · lacerated · gashed · wounded · battered · fractured · crushed
Made unable to function
- incapacitatedMade unable to act
- debilitatedMade weak or infirm
- handicappedHaving imposed disadvantage
- impairedWeakened in function
immobilized · paralyzed · lame · hobbled · hamstrung · wheelchair-bound · bedridden · helpless
crippled
Severely damaged or impaired
- mutilatedDamaged by severing parts
- dismemberedHad limbs cut off
- mangledSeverely disfigured or ruined
disfigured · amputated · severed · lacerated · gashed · wounded · battered · fractured · crushed · torn
disabled
Made unable to function
- incapacitatedMade unable to act
- debilitatedMade weak or infirm
- handicappedHaving imposed disadvantage
impaired · immobilized · paralyzed · lame · hobbled · hamstrung · wheelchair-bound · bedridden · helpless · dependent
disfigured
Spoiled in appearance
blemished · marked · pockmarked · keloid · sutured · damaged · defaced · altered · changed · irreversible
casualty
Person harmed in disaster
- veteranExperienced former soldier
- landmineBuried pressure-activated explosive
- IEDMakeshift explosive weapon
shrapnel · combat · battlefield · survivor · civilian · bomb · explosion · mortar · grenade · attack
maimedable-bodied
Physically fit, healthy
fit · healthy · capable · functional · mobile