as in crippling
to cause severe or permanent injury to
was lucky not to be mutilated in the car crash
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Recent Examples of mutilating
Koch was never convicted of mutilating the corpses of the people who were murdered in Buchenwald; though some gruesome items were discovered there, there was no proof that they were connected to her.
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Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
According to the Statesman Journal, Brudos admitted to mutilating the bodies of his victims.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025
More than 3,000 Hamas fighters gunned down civilians, torturing and mutilating some of them in their own homes, still in their pajamas.
—Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
After a nearly two-week-long trial, a Milwaukee County jury found Anderson, a 34-year-old former bartender, guilty on all counts on June 6, including first-degree intentional homicide and mutilating a corpse, in connection to Robinson's killing.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2025
In 2013, 15-year-old Daniel Marsh was accused of killing and mutilating the bodies of an elderly couple living nearby his father in California.
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
According to the Statesman Journal, Brudos admitted to mutilating the bodies of his victims.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025
More than 3,000 Hamas fighters gunned down civilians, torturing and mutilating some of them in their own homes, still in their pajamas.
—Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
After a nearly two-week-long trial, a Milwaukee County jury found Anderson, a 34-year-old former bartender, guilty on all counts on June 6, including first-degree intentional homicide and mutilating a corpse, in connection to Robinson's killing.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2025
In 2013, 15-year-old Daniel Marsh was accused of killing and mutilating the bodies of an elderly couple living nearby his father in California.
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutilating
Verb
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Perreira agrees that the financial imbalance in the game is crippling West Indies.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Related Stories Pogachefsky is now suing 42West and his former employees, accusing them of crippling his company and scuttling his talks to sell the firm.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
22 Sep. 2025
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He is accused of slipping incapacitating drugs into victims’ food or drinks before assaulting them between 2021 and 2024.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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While the name suggests something far more trivial, significant damage to the ligaments of the metatarsophalangeal joint can be incapacitating.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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After a small crowd outside Boston’s customs house pelted redcoats with rocks, snowballs, and insults, the soldiers opened fire, killing five and wounding 12 more.—
Time,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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Troopers returned fire, fatally wounding the male suspect, police said.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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There were more than 17,000 crashes involving deer in Wisconsin in 2024, killing nine people and injuring 707, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Police are searching for a 24-year-old man who allegedly fired into a restaurant, injuring two teenagers.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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To my relief and delight, the firearm had not exploded in my face, maiming me for life.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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The attack included fighters flying gliders into a music festival and seizing kibbutzim along the Gaza border, killing, maiming and kidnapping civilians.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
8 Oct. 2025
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Most people recover in about a week, but joint pain can be severe, persistent and disabling in some cases, according to the CDC.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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Given the biological similarities between humans and naked mole-rats, the scientists believe so, equipping us with the ability to protect our genome from damage, disabling our cGAS from inhibiting the repair process.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Oct. 2025
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When exposure occurs through food or drinking water, cesium-137 can accumulate in the body and increase the risk of cancer due to its DNA-damaging properties.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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While more plants may seem beneficial, TNC points out that the tree and shrub takeover is damaging to the natural grassland ecosystem present in the preserve.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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When Benson was on the ice killing penalties, the Sabres generated two scoring chances and allowed zero.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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But Halfmann suspects this hair-trigger system is needlessly killing brain cells in diseases like Alzheimer's.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Mutilating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutilating. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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