as in to cripple
to cause severe or permanent injury to
was lucky not to be mutilated in the car crash
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Recent Examples of mutilate
In 1978, Mary Vincent was brutally attacked and mutilated by a man who’d offered her a ride.
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Christina Coulter, People.com, 10 Aug. 2025
They’re bred solely for exploitation — caged, mutilated and killed, with no say in their fate.
—Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
During the January 2022 trial, Chandler faced eight charges, including two counts of first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating corpses and providing false information about missing persons.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 30 May 2025
June calls out Lydia for beating the handmaids and looking the other way when they were abused, mutilated, and raped.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 13 May 2025
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Christina Coulter, People.com, 10 Aug. 2025
They’re bred solely for exploitation — caged, mutilated and killed, with no say in their fate.
—Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
During the January 2022 trial, Chandler faced eight charges, including two counts of first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating corpses and providing false information about missing persons.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 30 May 2025
June calls out Lydia for beating the handmaids and looking the other way when they were abused, mutilated, and raped.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutilate
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Such a finding could’ve crippled the operations of Google, Meta and X, among various others.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Sep. 2025
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Given the right series of chances, players could potentially construct a build that blasts thunder and chains together static strikes that will cripple entire rooms of foes at once.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Lorenzo confronts and incapacitates Pepe, Sonia’s main ally, before facing Sonia herself.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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Laser strikes can potentially incapacitate pilots and put thousands of people at risk, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
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Authorities seized devices found on his body and writings left in his bedroom in the probe of the shooting that killed one detainee and critically injured two others, FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge Joe Rothrock said on Thursday at a press conference.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Sep. 2025
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The shooter was found dead at the scene, and no ICE agents or other law enforcement personnel were injured.—
Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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Irish butter may now an internationally marketable commodity, but in Swift’s day, the Irish peasantry fought back against their replacement by cattle by maiming and driving the unfortunate cattle off cliffs.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Sep. 2025
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More than 260 people were also injured and maimed.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
28 Sep. 2025
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Of the eight people who were wounded and survived the mass shooting and fire Sunday at a Grand Blanc Township church, the first to get treatment at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital was a 6-year-old boy, said the doctor who cared for him.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
Freep.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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More than 200 people were wounded.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Austin Mock,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Common Sense Media wants companies to disable chatbots from having mental health conversations with teens.—
Sonia Mankame,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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At least four people were killed and eight were injured after a gunman attacked a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints service in Michigan on Sunday morning, police said.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
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Since finding out the gun that killed Dark Hearts member Warren Clarke (Joshua Dye) at the trap house robbery gone wrong once belonged to one of their own, Perry has been on a mission to figure out who inside the biker gang was feeding information to the thieves.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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My skin has been through rounds of intense laser treatments to smooth acne scarring and has become much more sensitive.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
18 Sep. 2025
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For instance, foot traffic can scar moss that takes decades to heal.—
Ali Wunderman,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Mutilate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutilate. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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