[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

maim \maim\ m=am, v. t. imp.  p. p. maimed m=amd;p.
   pr.  vb. n. maiming. oe. maimen, of. mahaignier,
   mehaignier, meshaignier, cf. it. magagnare, ll. mahemiare,
   mahennare; perh. of celtic origin; cf. armor. mac'ha~na to
   mutilate, m=ac'ha to crowd, press; or cf. ohg. mang=on to
   lack, perh. akin to e. mangle to lacerate. cf. mayhem.
   1. to deprive of the use of a limb, so as to render a person
      in fighting less able either to defend himself or to annoy
      his adversary.
      1913 webster

            by the ancient law of england he that maimed any man
            whereby he lost any part of his body, was sentenced
            to lose the like part.                --blackstone.
      1913 webster

   2. to mutilate; to cripple; to injure; to disable; to impair.
      1913 webster

            my late maimed limbs lack wonted might. --spenser.
      1913 webster

            you maimed the jurisdiction of all bishops. --shak.
      1913 webster

   syn: to mutilate; mangle; cripple.
        1913 webster
see also:
maimed maiming mayhem 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

37 moby thesaurus words for "maiming":
   bankruptcy, breakage, breakdown, castration, collapse, crack-up,
   crippling, damage, demasculinization, destruction, detriment,
   dilapidation, disablement, disrepair, effeminization, emasculation,
   encroachment, harm, hobbling, hurt, hurting, impairment,
   incapacitation, infringement, injury, inroad, loss, mayhem,
   mischief, mutilation, ruination, ruinousness, sabotage, scathe,
   sickening, spoiling, weakening

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