laming

verb

present participle of lame
as in crippling
to cause severe or permanent injury to we were afraid that the horse would be lamed by its horrible fall

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laming
  1. crippling
  2. incapacitating
  3. wounding
  4. disabling
  5. injuring
  6. maiming
  7. damaging
  8. mutilating
Verb
  • The flip side is that the state suffers crippling deficits when the market tanks, as during the Global Financial Crisis.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In the days after the ceasefire broke down, the Houthis announced a blockade on Saudi shipping, and launched attacks crippling Saudi Arabia’s oil export infrastructure.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of crippling
Verb
  • Fragments of the powerhouse author’s path to her incapacitating accident then unfold through Lowen’s POV, starting with Verity’s steamy first encounter with Jeremy.
    — Fawnia Soo Hoo, Allure, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Smit Machchhar with the cockpit's crash axe, incapacitating him and causing the aircraft to plummet before passengers on board seized control of the plane.
    — Michael Sinkewicz , Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of incapacitating
Verb
  • Russia also attacked warehouse facilities in the Bucha district of the Kyiv region on Friday, wounding three people, Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said on Telegram.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The officer fired seven rounds into a car, city officials said, wounding the man while a 5-year-old boy was sat in the back seat.
    — Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of wounding
Verb
  • The next day, Ukrainian drones hit the company's major data center in the Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow, disabling part of the facility, Yandex said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The next day, Ukrainian drones hit the company’s major data center in the Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow, disabling part of the facilty, Yandex said.
    — Susie Blann, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of disabling
Verb
  • Monday's attack came a day after a Russian drone struck the village of Pisochyn in the Kharkiv district, killing three people and injuring nine others, including children, according to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The attack on Saturday was deadlier, with strikes killing 12 people and injuring over 300 others.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of injuring
Verb
  • That’s how this season starts, and Reacher’s methods of maiming and/or killing only get more elaborate.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Its entire loop revolved around strategic mechanical dismemberment, a concept perfected all the way back in Ninja Gaiden 2, where maiming enemies directly fed into brutal instant finishers.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of maiming
Verb
  • The kingdom acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its airports were attacked, leaving three lightly injured and damaging the facilities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Those concerns deserve to be heard, but damaging property is not the answer.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of damaging
Verb
  • East Village resident Daniel Rakowitz was charged with killing and mutilating a female acquaintance in 1989, then trying to get rid of the evidence by making soup out of her remains and serving it in Tompkins Square Park.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The 21-year-old pleaded not guilty last month to charges including first-degree murder with special circumstances, lewd and lascivious acts with an individual under 14 and mutilating a body.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of mutilating
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“Laming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laming. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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