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maim

v. injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"

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maul, mangle

v. injure badly by beating

change shape, change form, deform

v. assume a different shape or form

heave, buckle, warp

v. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

cripple, stultify

v. deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"

gnarl

v. twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree"

mangle, mutilate, murder

v. alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"

damage

v. suffer or be susceptible to damage; "These fine china cups damage easily"

dismember, take apart, discerp

v. divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"

amputate, cut off

v. remove surgically; "amputate limbs"

disjoin, disjoint

v. become separated, disconnected or disjoint

mutilate, mangle, cut up

v. destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"

truncate, cut short

v. make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

lacerate

v. deeply hurt the feelings of; distress; "his lacerating remarks"

hurt

v. give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back"

persecute, oppress

v. cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"

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