maiming
Causing permanent injury
Maiming is the act of inflicting serious bodily harm, especially damage that permanently disables or disfigures: The landmine was responsible for the maiming of dozens of civilians.
The word emphasizes lasting injury—loss of limbs, sight, or function—rather than temporary wounds.
Legal contexts distinguish maiming from lesser assault charges.
Surgical limb removal
- disfigurementMarred physical appearance
- dismembermentRemoval of limbs
- lacerationTorn, ragged wound
- severingCutting apart completely
trauma · incapacitation · debilitation · impairment · disablement · wound · scar · fracture
Violent offensive act
- felonySerious criminal offense
- aggravatedIntensified or vexed
- batteryPortable electricity storage
- violenceHarmful physical force
brutality · grievous · malice · perpetrator · prosecution · conviction · sentencing · penalty
amputation
Surgical limb removal
- disfigurementMarred physical appearance
- dismembermentRemoval of limbs
- lacerationTorn, ragged wound
severing · trauma · incapacitation · debilitation · impairment · disablement · wound · scar · fracture · prosthesis
assault
Violent offensive act
- felonySerious criminal offense
- aggravatedIntensified or vexed
- batteryPortable electricity storage
violence · brutality · grievous · malice · perpetrator · prosecution · conviction · sentencing · penalty · defendant
combat
Armed hostile engagement
- casualtyPerson harmed in disaster
- shrapnelScattered explosion fragments
- landmineBuried pressure-activated explosive
IED · explosive · bombing · artillery · veteran · civilian · atrocity · collateral · battlefield · conflict
- impairmentsimpairment, disability, paralysis, incapacity, blindness
- crueltycruelty, brutality, inhumanity, viciousness, ruthlessness
- disfigurementsscars, scar, scarring, deformities, deformity
- feudal punishmenthanging, flogging, whipping, pillory, dungeon
- harmharming, injury, hurting, abuse, injuring
- violenceviolence, physical attack, brutality, physical violence, aggression
maiminghealing
Restoration of health
restoring · mending · curing · rehabilitating · repairing
maimingprotecting
Keeping from harm
safeguarding · preserving · nurturing · caring for · shielding
maimingkilling
Causing death deliberately
slaying · murdering · executing · annihilating · destroying