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Recent Examples of mutilation
Erby was also convicted of mutilation and five counts of burglary with the allegation he was armed with a deadly weapon.
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Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
Among them was Miriam, who feared torture or death if she was forced to return there, and the twenty-one-year-old Togolese woman who had also fled genital mutilation.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Animal crush videos depict the torture and mutilation of animals, authorities say.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Nov. 2025
Erby also was convicted of committing mutilation of a body and five counts of burglary.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2025
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Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
Among them was Miriam, who feared torture or death if she was forced to return there, and the twenty-one-year-old Togolese woman who had also fled genital mutilation.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Animal crush videos depict the torture and mutilation of animals, authorities say.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Nov. 2025
Erby also was convicted of committing mutilation of a body and five counts of burglary.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutilation
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Every shark movie owes a debt to the sacred mother Jaws, but the thriller about bitey creatures spreading carnage and mayhem in bad weather that Thrash most resembles is Alexandre Aja’s superior nail-biter, Crawl.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2026
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Everyone was understandably rattled, but no one was hurt in the mayhem, a frankly astonishing outcome for the alleged perpetrator.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
9 Apr. 2026
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The directness with which the camera meets the eyes of the film’s subjects suggests compassion for their disfigurement and isolation (indeed, Farrokhzad adopted a boy from the colony), but there are no interviews.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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According to the Food and Drug Administration, injectable silicon injections for body contouring have not been approved and can cause serious injuries, disfigurement and even death.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Unlike e-bikes, or the electric scooters that preceded them, delivery robots aren’t yet causing widespread physical harm.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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Research on conflict and humanitarian contexts suggests that expansive conceptualizations of gender can better reveal dimensions of harms experienced by people who are not cisgender, heterosexual women or girls.—
Jenna Norosky,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
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There were no reports of any damage or injuries.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Three people were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center with serious injuries.—
Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Woodland suffers from severe anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, having endured a series of personal trials and tragedies, including a brain lesion that was affecting his mental health.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2026
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After examining his right hip, doctors found that a cam lesion on the head of Brossoit’s femur was causing the problem.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The 12-day barrage came on the back of a series of setbacks for Iran’s leaders, including the crippling of its regional allies Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
28 Feb. 2026
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Children with moderate to severe disabilities cannot be accommodated.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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In special education, the contract establishes a 20-to-1 staffing ratio for certain teachers working with students with disabilities and includes stronger enforcement of class size limits, with higher penalties for violations, union leaders said.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Spears, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, showed signs of impairment and underwent field sobriety tests, CHP said.—
Shafiq Najib,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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If a woman named Mary Brown can’t solve a captcha, visual impairment is a statistically likely reason.—
Amanda Gefter,
Quanta Magazine,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Mutilation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutilation. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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