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Recent Examples of mutilated
Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Ukrainian towns are filled with countless people who have been disabled and mutilated by the war.
—Olivier Kempf, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
If the story sounds like a lot, the animation style gives no relief, with its psychedelic and vulgar sci-fi sequences that see characters relentlessly mutilated, consumed, and regurgitated.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Udo Kier plays an incestuous, fascist version of Baron Frankenstein, whose male and female creatures are designed to create the master Serbian race, but are also fit to be molested and mutilated for the gratification of him and his wife.
—Rory Doherty, Time, 7 Mar. 2026
Decomposing and mutilated human remains found on a beach on the resort island of Bali belonged to a Ukrainian man kidnapped and tortured while on holiday, Indonesian police said Friday.
—CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
In gangland circles, women are casually murdered and mutilated, their killers operating with utter impunity.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS.
—Dan Mangan,leslie Josephs,spencer Kimball,cj Haddad,justin Papp,jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2026
She was found naked and bound, with her genitalia mutilated.
—Audrey Abrahams, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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
Some of the bodies were found months after the ceasefire, some on streets or in fields, and in other instances burned or mutilated, the report said.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Ukrainian towns are filled with countless people who have been disabled and mutilated by the war.
—Olivier Kempf, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
If the story sounds like a lot, the animation style gives no relief, with its psychedelic and vulgar sci-fi sequences that see characters relentlessly mutilated, consumed, and regurgitated.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Udo Kier plays an incestuous, fascist version of Baron Frankenstein, whose male and female creatures are designed to create the master Serbian race, but are also fit to be molested and mutilated for the gratification of him and his wife.
—Rory Doherty, Time, 7 Mar. 2026
Decomposing and mutilated human remains found on a beach on the resort island of Bali belonged to a Ukrainian man kidnapped and tortured while on holiday, Indonesian police said Friday.
—CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
In gangland circles, women are casually murdered and mutilated, their killers operating with utter impunity.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS.
—Dan Mangan,leslie Josephs,spencer Kimball,cj Haddad,justin Papp,jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2026
She was found naked and bound, with her genitalia mutilated.
—Audrey Abrahams, NBC news, 1 Feb. 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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The prisoner releases come as Cuba experiences at least a partial reprieve from the energy crisis that has crippled the island.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Iranian missile attacks this month crippled a key industrial center in Qatar, which produces about one-third of the world’s helium.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Other social welfare programs have safety valves to protect weak, incapacitated or disabled clients from being exploited by people in power.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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South Dakota lawmakers plan to learn more about emergency medical services, Native American health care and services for disabled people ahead of the next legislative session.—
Makenzie Huber,
States Newsroom,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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That succession is triggered when the chief of staff is incapacitated or removed from their position.—
Steve Beynon,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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One was incapacitated and recovering from surgery at a Carmichael surgery center in April 2011.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The crisis ended hours later with three hostages and three hostage takers dead and an additional 14 people wounded.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2026
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In October, a Border Patrol agent shot and wounded Marimar Martinez in Chicago, and in January, a Border Patrol agent fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis just weeks after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot Renée Good in the same city.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Hegseth cited some of those events in his video, including a shooting that injured five soldiers at Fort Stewart in Georgia last year.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Jude, a 12-year-old who gets injured in a firework accident, had been drinking with older kids while dealing with instability at home.—
Jonathan Hunt-Glassman,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The helicopter landed in an area where there were no cars close enough to be damaged or to pose a risk, Davalos said.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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The driver in front of him whose truck was damaged by Woods’ driving also walked away.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Mutilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutilated. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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