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was lucky not to be mutilated in the car crash
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Recent Examples of mutilated
Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
But the most difficult parts also offer ways forward — news that arrives via a skull, a mutilated body, evidence of closure in many respects of the word.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
The case back then also involved the bodies of naked, mutilated women, plus all the sexism and homophobia that were pervasive in police work in 1998 and are apparently ship-shape today.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
The report says that many of the victims’ bodies were mutilated on October 7, with the attackers often targeting women’s faces and intimate areas.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
The pitching staff has been folded, spindled and mutilated but keeps on trucking.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
Her left ring and pinky fingers also appeared to be mutilated, the report states.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
Authorities contend she was killed that same day, with her body mutilated on or about May 5.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors alleged Burke mutilated her body about two weeks later, Fox 11 said.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
According to the complaint filed Monday, Burke killed Celeste on April 23, 2025, then mutilated her corpse about two weeks later in early May.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
But their day on the water took a sinister turn when one of his clients hooked and landed a fish that had clearly been mutilated by someone.
—Kubie Brown, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
According to the Times coverage of the incident and subsequent lawsuit, the scenes shown in the classroom included autopsies, decaying cadavers and live animals being butchered, mutilated and tortured.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
But the most difficult parts also offer ways forward — news that arrives via a skull, a mutilated body, evidence of closure in many respects of the word.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
The case back then also involved the bodies of naked, mutilated women, plus all the sexism and homophobia that were pervasive in police work in 1998 and are apparently ship-shape today.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
These armed hostilities have maimed, mutilated and killed millions of human beings — many of them innocent civilians.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
The report says that many of the victims’ bodies were mutilated on October 7, with the attackers often targeting women’s faces and intimate areas.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
The pitching staff has been folded, spindled and mutilated but keeps on trucking.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
Her left ring and pinky fingers also appeared to be mutilated, the report states.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
Authorities contend she was killed that same day, with her body mutilated on or about May 5.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors alleged Burke mutilated her body about two weeks later, Fox 11 said.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
According to the complaint filed Monday, Burke killed Celeste on April 23, 2025, then mutilated her corpse about two weeks later in early May.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
But their day on the water took a sinister turn when one of his clients hooked and landed a fish that had clearly been mutilated by someone.
—Kubie Brown, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutilated
Adjective
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That may sound unfathomable to any non-comic reader who watched Steven Yeun's Mark Grayson get bludgeoned, maimed, and nearly disemboweled (sorry, Atom Eve) in an episode-long, cities-spanning fight with Thragg's berzerker warrior, Conquest (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But his personal and party polls are dismal, crippled by what critics and analysts say has been a series of unforced errors.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
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That has crippled Iran’s two biggest non-oil exports, and higher prices have affected everything from plastics to pipes, to fabrics and packaging for groceries like milk, butter and cheese.—
Amir-Hussein Radjy,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Both are now used by millions of people who don’t identify as disabled.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
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The dog’s owner, Tom, described himself as a 65-year-old disabled veteran.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 May 2026
Verb
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Norman Hunter, 48, of Dolton, also was struck by a car while incapacitated, the medical examiner’s office said.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The film, starring Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson and slated to hit theaters October 2, follows Lowen Ashleigh (Johnson), a struggling writer who is hired to complete a successful book series after its author, Verity Crawford (Hathaway), is incapacitated.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In 2015, a jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three and left more than 260 wounded.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported Friday at least 37 people, including hospital staffers, women, children and a Canadian national, were wounded in Israeli strikes on towns in Lebanon’s Tyre District in the southern part of the country on the coast on the Mediterranean Sea.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
Verb
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The district attorney’s office also has filed felony child endangerment charges against a Yorba Linda father whose 12-year-old son was critically injured after crashing a modified e-motorcycle allegedly capable of speeds up to 60 mph.—
Sydney Barragan,
Oc Register,
14 May 2026
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Carter formed a duo with friend and singer Calvin Scott, but his collaborator was later seriously injured in an automobile accident.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
Verb
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While being held at the Independence Police Department’s detention unit, Ashley allegedly damaged the inside of a cell by smearing feces and blood on the walls and floor.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
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The airliner returned to the skies because the NTSB determined that maintenance workers damaged the plane that crashed by improperly using a forklift to reattach the engine.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
19 May 2026
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“Mutilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutilated. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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