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
  • And the high pay they’re being offered as a lure is crippling the economy.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Trump claims the United States has opened the strait to all commercial ships other than those from Iran, crippling Iran's economy because of its reliance on oil exports.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of crippling
Verb
  • All that before disorienting and incapacitating a potential school shooter in about a minute.
    — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The driver hits Leatherface in the head with a wrench, incapacitating him long enough for the driver to run away and Sally to jump into the cab of a passing pickup truck.
    — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026
Definition of incapacitating
Verb
  • Christian Castro faces Minnesota charges of assault and falsely reporting a crime after allegedly firing through a home’s front door and wounding 24-year-old Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis during an immigration crackdown.
    — Michael Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Brooklyn Center police say an investigation is underway after two girls riding a minibike collided with a motorist, fatally wounding one of the girls.
    — Cole Premo, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of wounding
Verb
  • For the majority of people with schizophrenia, however, the condition is persistent, disabling and isolating.
    — Matthew Kurtz, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Iran targeted that base with a missile attack, partly disabling it.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of disabling
Verb
  • Young people armed with machetes stormed the site of the funeral, forcing the team to flee and injuring one member, a representative told the Associated Press.
    — Constant Same Bagalwa, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The lawsuit states that the accused was arrested in May 2021 for injuring a man and damaging multiple vehicles after discharging a firearm more than 20 times at a Kissimmee gas station and then fleeing the scene.
    — Evonne Andris, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of injuring
Verb
  • Demining groups say that without international support, Southeast Asia’s unfinished work clearing land mines and unexploded bombs will continue to endanger communities, maiming and killing people and slowing development for years to come.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • His act made use of racial and ethnic slurs, under the philosophy that taboo words lost their maiming edge with repetition.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of maiming
Verb
  • Prosecutors have also charged him with making false statements to investigators about allegedly damaging Mica’s car tires.
    — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Russian drones hit three major distribution centers, destroying depots belonging to a toy store chain and a confectionery company, and damaging another run by an electronics retailer, the companies said.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of damaging
Verb
  • Guess which mowing league isn't mutilating hedgehogs?
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
  • Tony Lee Hughes, 38, of the 600 block of Camelot Manor, is charged with Level 6 felonies of killing a domestic animal and mutilating a vertebrate animal.
    — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
Definition of mutilating
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“Laming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laming. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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