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Recent Examples of mutilated
Harriet Salarno, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
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
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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
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
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
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Despite possessing some of the world’s largest oil reserves, mismanagement and falling global prices have crippled the economy.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
Adjective
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The show fares better with the Irvine clan, which in addition to Milo, Marissa and Peter includes Peter’s sister, Lia (Abby Elliott), a recovering drug addict, and their brother, Brian (Daniel Monks), a disabled day trader.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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Many recipients are elderly, disabled, or children, groups unable to participate in the workforce.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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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
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At least four inmates in the Machala Detention Center were reported killed and roughly 36 were wounded.—
Ana María Cañizares,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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Five people were wounded in a shooting outside a Safeway supermarket in San Francisco's Outer Richmond neighborhood Saturday night, according to the San Francisco Police Department.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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Woll and Stolarz carried the load when each was injured.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Spoelstra was remarkably upbeat before the game, offering gratitude for the outpouring of support from the NBA community and expressing relief that nobody was injured in the inferno.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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This surge in circulation delivers a fresh supply of oxygen and nutrients, which are crucial for repairing the microscopic muscle fibers that were stressed or slightly damaged during your previous workout.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
11 Nov. 2025
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The settlers also attacked the soldiers and damaged an Israeli military vehicle, the IDF said.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Mutilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutilated. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.
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