<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>To deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple: The explosion maimed him for life.</li><li>To impair; make essentially defective: The essay was maimed by deletion of important paragraphs.</li><li>Synonyms: mar, deface, disable, injure.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Obsolete: a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.</li><li>An injury or defect; blemish; lack.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>