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Recent Examples of mutilation
Booker was charged with first-degree murder, tampering with evidence, disinterment and mutilation and concealing a death.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
While Doom usually conceals his face, either due to a terrible mutilation (or sometimes, vanity, bearing an amusingly minor scar), he is shown in the post-credits scene with his mask off.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
In 2017, after a competency hearing, Gille was found not guilty by reason of insanity to charges of dismemberment and mutilation of dead bodies and malicious destruction of tombs and monuments, court records show.
—Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
The killer is accused of cutting victims' throats before performing abdominal mutilations.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
While Doom usually conceals his face, either due to a terrible mutilation (or sometimes, vanity, bearing an amusingly minor scar), he is shown in the post-credits scene with his mask off.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
In 2017, after a competency hearing, Gille was found not guilty by reason of insanity to charges of dismemberment and mutilation of dead bodies and malicious destruction of tombs and monuments, court records show.
—Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
The killer is accused of cutting victims' throats before performing abdominal mutilations.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutilation
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In Horizons, the tricksy character is introduced like many of the anime's ghosties before it, causing mayhem aboard the Brave Olivine for an eventually delighted Liko and Roy in episode 30.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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Multi-level multiplayer mayhem Despite its surprisingly competent story campaign, the real draw of Battlefield is the multiplayer — and it’s rarely been better than in this new game.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps most worrisome, studies had already suggested that the chemical caused serious harm to people and lab animals.—
Sharon Lerner,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2025
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Those living unsheltered suffer preventable harms such as frostbite and heatstroke in Colorado’s climate of extremes.—
Sarah Stella,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
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Dangerous shore break can throw a swimmer or surfer head first into the bottom causing neck and back injuries.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Oct. 2025
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Bishop led Tennessee with 146 rushing yards and 1 touchdown on 14 carries before leaving with a leg injury.—
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
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Next, the energy is turned up for treatment to create the permanent lesion to interrupt the circuit.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Oct. 2025
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And the change leaders in the organizations lead with that impact and say there's evidence that shows this tool finds more lung lesions or reduces time and complication in [specific medical procedures].—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
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Yes, Social Security payments, including Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and benefits for retirement, disability and survivors, continue during a government shutdown.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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All workers except a small number of top officials are being fired at the office that implements the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a federal law that ensures millions of students with disabilities get support from their schools, the union said.—
Collin Binkley,
Twin Cities,
13 Oct. 2025
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Leaper Williams, a Lawrence High graduate who started working at KU at 16, emerged as one of KU football’s most recognizable employees through the years, overcoming a development impairment due to anoxia, a lack of oxygen to the brain, at birth.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
8 Oct. 2025
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She had been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment in 2021 and with Alzheimer’s disease in 2023.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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In a 31-14 beating of Dallas two weeks ago, Williams was not sacked for the first time in his career.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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You weren’t allowed to paint your culture, you weren’t allowed to dance, you weren’t allowed to cook your food, do your drum beating, any of that.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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The tactics have transcended low-level website defacements and data theft too and now extend to more destructive attacks on systems such as energy grids, gas pipelines, and undersea cables.—
Brian Walsh,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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Tuesday’s alert is the latest in what’s been a string of hateful defacements this summer.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Mutilation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutilation. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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