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mutilated

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verb

past tense of mutilate

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Recent Examples of mutilated
Adjective
According to the Times coverage of the incident and subsequent lawsuit, the scenes shown in the classroom included autopsies, decaying cadavers and live animals being butchered, mutilated and tortured. Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026 But the most difficult parts also offer ways forward — news that arrives via a skull, a mutilated body, evidence of closure in many respects of the word. ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026 The case back then also involved the bodies of naked, mutilated women, plus all the sexism and homophobia that were pervasive in police work in 1998 and are apparently ship-shape today. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
Days later, Till’s mutilated, bloated body was fished out of the Tallahatchie River. Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026 Clayface stars Tom Rhys Harries (White Lines, Suspicion) as Matt Hagen, a promising actor in Gotham City who’s left mutilated by a mob boss for sleeping with the gangster’s girlfriend. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026 Rhaenyra’s aunt, Rhaenys, is slain in the fight, and Aegon is mutilated, his own dragon left for dead on the field. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 Sam’s face was mutilated beyond recognition; his mother identified him by a tattoo on his chest that read Mother, and promptly collapsed. Laura Secor, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026 One knight short for the trial of seven that will determine if he is freed or if he will be mutilated by the crown, Dunk appeals to the honor of all knights present, asking them to take up his cause. Joe Otterson, Variety, 10 June 2026 The victims in Louisiana and Florida were all stabbed, with some mutilated and several appeared posed suggestively. Corin Cesaric, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026 At day-break, a group of hostile Wendats and Potawatomis killed and mutilated several British soldiers. Literary Hub, 26 May 2026 Ravelo was the leader and organizer of invitation-only internet groups dedicated to the sharing and discussion of videos depicting monkeys being mutilated and tortured, the DOJ said in a statement. Sofia Saric may 24, Miami Herald, 24 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutilated
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, Lord Corlys Velaryon and his fleet have the city blockaded, while Team Black commands from Dragonstone and Daemon battles in the Riverlands and Aemond broods on the throne, which he’s taken from his maimed brother.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • 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
  • The tragic twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 laid bare the dire state of the country’s health system, crippled by years of economic crisis, government mismanagement and the migration of medical workers.
    Alfie Pannell, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • Of great concern is the prospect that data centers will consume massive amounts of water and worsen drought conditions for ranchers and farmers in a state where water shortages already crippled the sugar cane industry.
    Marc Levy, Fortune, 23 July 2026
Adjective
  • Too many products slap the label on without including disabled people anywhere in development or testing, treating accessibility as an add-on rather than a design requirement.
    Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • When scientists temporarily disabled mole-rats’ olfactory sensory neurons with chemicals, the aggression towards strangers disappeared.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • Videos shared on social media show one of the injured was left incapacitated on the floor, surrounded by insulation.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2026
  • Many department policies tell officers to move out of the way of a vehicle rather than shoot because of the potential harm to bystanders who could be struck by unintended gunfire or by a careening vehicle if the driver is incapacitated.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • No officers were injured, but Leverett was shot multiple times and critically wounded when police returned fire.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2026
  • Colt Gray, the Georgia teenager who fatally shot two teachers and two students and wounded nine others at Apalachee High School in September 2024, pleaded guilty Friday to four counts of murder and dozens of other charges.
    Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • The officer who had been injured by the knife fired his weapon, striking the man and causing life-threatening injuries.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • The trio can all become unrestricted free agents, but are currently injured.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • These allegations represent the kind of pay-to-play politics that have damaged Illinois’ reputation for decades.
    Amy Elik, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
  • Seven neighbors whose property was damaged by the explosion also are plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026

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“Mutilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutilated. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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