as in crippled
to cause severe or permanent injury to
was lucky not to be mutilated in the car crash
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Recent Examples of mutilated
Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 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
Three of them were discovered later, mutilated, but one — Riley Brennan (Sarah Dunn) has never been found.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
As recently as 20 years ago, in southern Romania, a man believed to be a vampire was exhumed, and his corpse ritually mutilated.
—Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Sponsor is not responsible for any lost, late, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, mutilated, postage due or mechanically reproduced Entries or Entries that have been tampered with or not obtained through legitimate channels, all of which will be disqualified.
—Vogue, 13 Oct. 2025
He was arrested in November 1957 after the body of local hardware store owner and shopkeeper Bernice Worden, 58, was found hanging from hooks and mutilated in his shed.
—Jr Radcliffe, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
He was arrested in November 1957 after the body of local hardware store owner and shopkeeper Bernice Worden, 58, was found hanging from hooks and mutilated in his shed.
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The videos, which were shared online, showed baby monkeys being crushed, burned, drowned, suffocated, impaled and mutilated.
—Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Four of the murdered were mutilated.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 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
Three of them were discovered later, mutilated, but one — Riley Brennan (Sarah Dunn) has never been found.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
As recently as 20 years ago, in southern Romania, a man believed to be a vampire was exhumed, and his corpse ritually mutilated.
—Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Sponsor is not responsible for any lost, late, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, mutilated, postage due or mechanically reproduced Entries or Entries that have been tampered with or not obtained through legitimate channels, all of which will be disqualified.
—Vogue, 13 Oct. 2025
He was arrested in November 1957 after the body of local hardware store owner and shopkeeper Bernice Worden, 58, was found hanging from hooks and mutilated in his shed.
—Jr Radcliffe, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
He was arrested in November 1957 after the body of local hardware store owner and shopkeeper Bernice Worden, 58, was found hanging from hooks and mutilated in his shed.
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The videos, which were shared online, showed baby monkeys being crushed, burned, drowned, suffocated, impaled and mutilated.
—Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutilated
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Sanctions have crippled the government’s primary source of revenue, oil exports, limiting the state’s ability to provide for millions of impoverished Iranians through social safety nets.—
Leila Gharagozlou,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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Named for former Cavaliers owner Ted Stepien, who had crippled the franchise by trading five straight first-round picks, it was supposed to protect teams from themselves.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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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One caller said a delta-8 gummy incapacitated their adult son for several hours.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Another note that came up in the responses to this question is that everyone, of any age, should make sure that there are plans in place for a friend or relative to take care of the dog if the owner is incapacitated or dies.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There was no legal reason for a prosecutor to do so—the toddler was too young to testify, and disabled from his injuries.—
Charlotte Alter,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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What Happens Next SSI is a federal program that provides monthly assistance to low-income seniors over 65, along with individuals who are blind or disabled.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In response, a gunman sprayed Stanfa's car with automatic weapons during an ambush on the expressway, and although he wasn't hurt, his son Joseph was wounded in the head, per UPI.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Among those critically wounded was Officer Tim Matson, who engaged the shooter and shared his experience for the first time.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Frazier Rehabilitation Institute In 1929, Amelia Brown Frazier, George Garvin Brown’s granddaughter, was injured in an automobile accident that changed her life forever.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Police are responding to a shooting that left multiple people injured at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University Saturday night, during the school’s Homecoming weekend.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In their study, University of Tokyo professors Emi Nishimura and Yasuaki Mohri have shed light on what happens when these pigment-producing stem cells are damaged.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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And this is the same thing all Gazans did after their homes were bombed or damaged.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Mutilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutilated. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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