кале́чить meaning in English — cripple, disable, lame

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cripple noun An outdated and now offensive term for a person with a serious physical disability.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.
lame adj Unable to walk normally because of an injury or problem with the legs or feet.
maim verb To injure someone so severely that part of their body is permanently damaged or disabled.
mangle verb To damage something badly by crushing, tearing, or cutting it out of shape.
maul noun A heavy hammer used for driving wedges when splitting logs, or as a weapon.
mutilate verb To severely damage or disfigure something, often by cutting off a part.

кале́чить 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.
lame (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to become lame.
maim To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
mangle (transitive) To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
maul (usually of an animal) To savage; to cause serious physical wounds.
mutilate To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.

noun An outdated and now offensive term for a person with a serious physical disability.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

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