Damage and Maim

Damage

Damage verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.
Usage example: the explosion in the sewers damaged the entire city's water supply

Maim is a synonym for damage in loss topic. In some cases you can use "Maim" instead a verb "Damage".

Nearby Words: damaged, damaging, damageable

Maim

Maim verb - To cause severe or permanent injury to.
Usage example: on-the-job accidents maim far too many workers every year

Damage is a synonym for maim in cripple topic. Sometimes you can use "Damage" instead a verb "Maim".

Nearby Word: maiming

Common collocations

party damage party maim party
man damage man maim man
someone damage someone maim someone
amount damage amount maim amount
Other words: parts, characters, anyone, opponent, everyone, opponents, enemies, undead, beings, monsters.

Both words in one sentence

  • If the foe is a super-strong monster that could kill or maim the hero with a single blow, it rarely strikes to inflict damage directly.
  • That is, follow the idea of Least Suffering - a weapon should cause the minimum amount of damage to incapacitate a person, and no more, or kill someone quickly, rather than maim.
  • However, depending on the results of your roll, it can still deal critical damage — which has a chance (albeit a slim one, unless they're already suffering from crits) to horribly maim or even outright kill the victim.
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