as in crippled
to cause severe or permanent injury to
we were afraid that the horse would be lamed by its horrible fall
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This comes at a dire time for Venezuela, which is still deep in political and financial crisis – being led by an interim government after US forces captured President Nicolás Maduro earlier this year, and facing an economy crippled by years of hyperinflation.
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Aegon, who was burned and crippled in Season 2, fled with Larys Strong (Matthew Needham), leaving his cruel, one-eyed brother Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) to sit on the Iron Throne.
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There's an apocryphal story about its creations; supposedly Kryptonite was invented so Superman's voice actor Bud Collyer could take vacations while the Man of Steel was incapacitated.
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Airbus UpNext's DragonFly project is developing AI that manages complex emergencies autonomously when the crew is incapacitated.
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Leatherwood died as a result of the gun wound, and Velez was left wounded.
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Rodriguez allegedly fatally shot 18‑year‑old Kace Leatherwood and wounded Luis Velez, also 18, near County Road 103 in Kaufman County, authorities said.
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In a later post on Telegram, Klitschko said Kyiv also came under ballistic missile attack, with five people injured in one of the central districts.
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The Tacoma Fire Department (TFD) later said no firefighters or residents were injured.
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Those who survived were often maimed for life, in body and in spirit.
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These armed hostilities have maimed, mutilated and killed millions of human beings — many of them innocent civilians.
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“Lamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamed. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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