mutilation

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Recent Examples of mutilation This online collection included images of mutilation and tying up women with ropes, two things prosecutors said are consistent with injuries inflicted on Mack and how she was bound. Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2025 Child mutilation is not a parental right and on the contrary, should be criminal. Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb. 2025 It’s repeatedly described as chemical and surgical mutilation, or as maiming and sterilizing kids. Elana Redfield, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025 The executive order directs the Department of Justice to discourage doctors and hospitals from administering gender-affirming care to minors, characterizing it as genital mutilation, which is a heinous-sounding offense. Elana Redfield, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mutilation
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Noun
  • The duo narrowly escape a violent brawl as Kingpin continues ravaging New York in its dark hour of mayhem.
    Skyler Trepel, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • When Fisk later has Con Ed pull the plug on the whole damn city, in the first moments of mayhem Buck slips into Matt’s hospital room with a syringe, only to find the bed empty.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But the market did not and still does not account for such harms, only fossil fuel sales and use.
    Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Regulators need to document legitimate harm that is caused by these products, and that process can take years.
    Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In response to questions from Jackson, Nuttall agreed that injuries to O'Keefe's face could have been caused by a punch to the face.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Officers called to the 1000 block of Fleet Street in Harbor East around 7 p.m. found a male pedestrian with a leg injury, Baltimore police said in a news release.
    Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The exam found minor sun damage to Trump’s skin and a few benign lesions, but no concerning lesions or growth.
    Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Those who were classified as heavy drinkers had a 133% greater risk of having vascular brain lesions (abnormalities in the brain's blood vessels) compared to people who never drank.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Read More Dad keeps quiet about construction job, gets $270K in disability in NJ, feds say A man from Toms River, New Jersey, collected $270,933 in disability benefits while secretly working in construction, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey.
    Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Students with disabilities graduated at a rate of 69%, still well below the statewide average.
    Erin Sjostedt, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Trump scored 30 out of 30 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, a test used to detect signs of dementia and cognitive impairment.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Research must zero in on the causes of some of the most troubling impairments that can come with autism, such as self-injury, aggressive behavior and even catatonia, as noted by the Autism Science Foundation.
    Mark Kendall, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Correa is accused of participating in beatings, electrocutions and other forms of abuses while allegedly acting as part of a death squad operating under former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Stocks have taken a severe beating, with many investors selling positions after President Donald Trump unveiled his latest tariff policies late Wednesday.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Along with damages related to Alistair’s death, the family’s lawsuit includes personal injury claims for both Cunningham and Cami Lamb.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Video aired by the Houthis’ Al Masirah satellite news channel showed damage to vehicles and buildings in the area, with screaming onlookers holding what appeared to be a dead child.
    Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025

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“Mutilation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutilation. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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