MUTATED Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

mutated

verb

past tense of mutate

as in changed

to pass from one form, state, or level to another colored lights that slowly mutate from green to blue and so on across the color spectrum

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Recent Examples of mutated But the War on Terror persisted and mutated into nightmares in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then Syria, which unleashed that darkness in the form of terrorist states and a refugee crisis that spread anti-Muslim and anti-migrant hatred to Europe, the United States, and beyond. —

Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026 According to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, BRCA2 is a gene that, when mutated, can increase a person’s lifetime risk of breast and other cancers, including ovarian, prostate and pancreatic. —

Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026 Instead, this campy and melodramatic action flick from 1993 mutated into an immersive research experience for me that was firmly anchored in the global pop culture of the time. —

Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2026 As music mutated in subsequent decades giving rise to the proliferation of independent music, specific publications cropped up to cover it with the online magazine Pitchfork becoming a leader. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026 Kerr took over what Mark Jackson started to build with the young Warriors core and mutated it by inserting Draymond into the starting lineup when David Lee got hurt. —

Zach Harper, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026 The variant is a member of the Omicron family and is highly mutated, with 70 to 75 mutations. —

Sandra Temko, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026 As the virus has mutated, the mRNA platform has allowed scientists to update COVID vaccines to better match the most prevalent strains. —

Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026 The meme mutated in every direction. —

Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2026

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Soon after leaving school, the organization Fighting Words changed that for me.

— Via Riverhead, Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
Cynteria’s killing — and the girl’s history of abuse — changed how child welfare workers track runaway children.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026