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was lucky not to be mutilated in the car crash
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Recent Examples of mutilated
Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
She was found naked and bound, with her genitalia mutilated.
—Audrey Abrahams, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
Some of the victims were bound to trees with their genitals mutilated.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
Hollywood isn’t the first industry to get folded, spindled, and mutilated.
—Lauren Bans, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2026
In their native East African country, the United Nations said that people with albinism are mutilated for body parts.
—Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
The stone in question was discovered and hidden by Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), a fisherman forced to work in the diamond fields after the rebel army of the Revolutionary United Front slaughtered or mutilated nearly everyone in his village.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 8 Dec. 2025
The state’s soft-on-crime stance is her reality after her 20-year-old son was brutally killed and his body mutilated in Fresno by a young woman who now walks free, studying on a college campus with state support.
—Harriet Salarno, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
The killer targeted and gunned down couples parked in secluded spots on the city’s outskirts, and in several cases, the bodies of female victims were discovered to be mutilated.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
From its gridded canopy, in April 1945, the corpses of Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci were hung upside down and then mutilated by a frenzied crowd.
—Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
She was found naked and bound, with her genitalia mutilated.
—Audrey Abrahams, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
Some of the victims were bound to trees with their genitals mutilated.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
Hollywood isn’t the first industry to get folded, spindled, and mutilated.
—Lauren Bans, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2026
In their native East African country, the United Nations said that people with albinism are mutilated for body parts.
—Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
The stone in question was discovered and hidden by Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), a fisherman forced to work in the diamond fields after the rebel army of the Revolutionary United Front slaughtered or mutilated nearly everyone in his village.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 8 Dec. 2025
The state’s soft-on-crime stance is her reality after her 20-year-old son was brutally killed and his body mutilated in Fresno by a young woman who now walks free, studying on a college campus with state support.
—Harriet Salarno, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
The killer targeted and gunned down couples parked in secluded spots on the city’s outskirts, and in several cases, the bodies of female victims were discovered to be mutilated.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
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
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In 2021, a record-shattering outbreak of cold in Texas crippled the state’s electric grid, a meltdown blamed in large part on failures in its gas infrastructure.—
Kristi Swartz,
AJC.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Widespread power outages, dilapidated equipment, and a lack of spare parts from absent foreign firms crippled operations.—
Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The Voluntary Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program primarily helps tax filers with incomes below $69,000, those who are disabled and those who are not proficient in English.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
12 Feb. 2026
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Menasche believes the lot, which is only open overnight, is an ineffective offering, especially for disabled and low-income individuals who may not be able to afford the gas required to drive in and out every day.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Bhusri and Duffield’s agreement also means that if one of the cofounders is incapacitated or dies, the other gets control of both stakes.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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In the first half of the Super Bowl against Cincinnati, Beckham suffered a complete ACL tear and was incapacitated.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Two other people were wounded, including another police officer involved in the search for Thompson.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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These are a tiny fraction of the thousands of Iranians killed or wounded when the government cracked down on protests a month ago.—
Babak Dehghanpisheh,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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No one was reported injured by the Wednesday night blaze at the Lehigh Valley Hospital campus in Dickson City, which drew all available emergency medical services within a 50-mile radius, fire officials said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Law enforcement officers were injured, autonomous vehicles were set on fire and stores were looted.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Built for extreme cold Corvus One for Cold Chain uses industrial-grade barcode scanners with precise control over focus and exposure, enabling reliable label capture even when barcodes are frosted, damaged, or low contrast.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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Secure loose outdoor objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Mutilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutilated. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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