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was lucky not to be mutilated in the car crash
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Recent Examples of mutilated
Lauren Bans, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2026
Highways, viaducts, giant interchanges, and a major Metro junction viciously mutilated São Paulo’s downtown in the 1960s and ’70s, demoting it from a popular residential area to a commercial transfer hub, overcrowded and polluted by day but forlorn by night.
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
In their native East African country, the United Nations said that people with albinism are mutilated for body parts.
—Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
The stone in question was discovered and hidden by Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), a fisherman forced to work in the diamond fields after the rebel army of the Revolutionary United Front slaughtered or mutilated nearly everyone in his village.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 8 Dec. 2025
She had been asphyxiated and then mutilated after her death.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
The state’s soft-on-crime stance is her reality after her 20-year-old son was brutally killed and his body mutilated in Fresno by a young woman who now walks free, studying on a college campus with state support.
—Harriet Salarno, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 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
Verb
Hollywood isn’t the first industry to get folded, spindled, and mutilated.
—Lauren Bans, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2026
Highways, viaducts, giant interchanges, and a major Metro junction viciously mutilated São Paulo’s downtown in the 1960s and ’70s, demoting it from a popular residential area to a commercial transfer hub, overcrowded and polluted by day but forlorn by night.
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
In their native East African country, the United Nations said that people with albinism are mutilated for body parts.
—Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
The stone in question was discovered and hidden by Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), a fisherman forced to work in the diamond fields after the rebel army of the Revolutionary United Front slaughtered or mutilated nearly everyone in his village.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 8 Dec. 2025
She had been asphyxiated and then mutilated after her death.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
The state’s soft-on-crime stance is her reality after her 20-year-old son was brutally killed and his body mutilated in Fresno by a young woman who now walks free, studying on a college campus with state support.
—Harriet Salarno, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 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
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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In Wrightwood, the recent torrential rainfall delivered devastating mudslides that have crippled the mountain town.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
8 Jan. 2026
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The pioneering college opened in 1885 and weathered difficult times early on, as the infamous winter freeze of 1894 destroyed orange groves throughout the state and crippled a key revenue source for Rollins, Lane wrote in his history of the school.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Patricia Stone, disabled, spoke from her hospital bed in their living room.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026
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By October of that year, Do and other doctors working for Liberty began billing California’s Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund, a workers’ compensation fund for individuals already disabled or impaired at the time of a workplace injury, according to the plea agreement.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Munoz-Guatemala was not incapacitated by the Taser, prosecutors said, and kept driving, taking Ross the length of a football field in 12 seconds.—
Ryan J. Foley,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2026
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With Macklin Good incapacitated, the car then careens to the side of the road, crashing into a parked car.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
8 Jan. 2026
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Denver police are searching for suspects in a Saturday night parking lot shooting that killed a 16-year-old and wounded three men, at least one of whom is not expected to survive, according to the agency.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2026
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Each of the 29 counts corresponds to a child who was killed or wounded in the classrooms, prosecutors said.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Police are asking the public for help to find a suspect who fatally shot one person and injured three others in the Town of Strasburg, around 30 miles east of Aurora.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Northwest Avalanche Center, which arrived on the scene to help assess the accident, said one of the survivors was injured after being partially buried by the avalanche.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The 13 apartments were damaged by fire, smoke or water.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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But overloading the dishwasher can result in dirty dishes that need to be put through a second cycle to get clean, and dishes that are crammed in may become damaged.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Mutilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutilated. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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