покале́чить — meaning in English

English meaning

• 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.
• maul noun A heavy hammer used for driving wedges when splitting logs, or as a weapon.

Senses

покале́чить is used for these senses in English:

• 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.
• maul (usually of an animal) To savage; to cause serious physical wounds.

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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