vammauttaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• cripple noun An outdated and now offensive term for a person with a serious physical disability.
• disable verb To take away someone's ability to do something, especially by injuring them.
• maim verb To injure someone so severely that part of their body is permanently damaged or disabled.

Senses

vammauttaa is used for these senses in English:

• cripple To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired.
• disable (chiefly, of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
• maim To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

cripple — full definition

1. noun An outdated and now offensive term for a person with a serious physical disability.
2. verb To severely damage or disable something, physically or otherwise.

disable — full definition

1. verb To take away someone's ability to do something, especially by injuring them.
2. verb To turn off or deactivate a function, especially on a device or system.

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