MUTILATION Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

mutilation

noun

Definition of mutilation

as in mayhem

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Recent Examples of mutilation Several of the remains were face down with their hands and feet bound, while others discovered there showed signs of mutilation or decapitation. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026 Twenty-one-year-old Burke has been charged with the first-degree murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, as well as lewd and lascivious acts with a 13-year-old, and mutilation of human remains. — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 22 July 2026 The killings were engineered to terrify the remaining Poles into fleeing westward, so extensive documentation was spread of the accompanying torture and mutilation. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2026 Based on more than 430 testimonies, thousands of visual records, and years of investigation, the report details rape, torture, mutilation, forced nudity, and sexualized brutality carried out deliberately and systematically. — Rabbi Josh Weinberg, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for mutilation

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Noun

These are coaches who are being shoved into the mayhem, even as a method of survival.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Most of the mayhem takes place on the ship (filmed on a soundstage in Vancouver), with only about 15 minutes of the movie set in New York — and most of that is in a sewer tunnel.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of mayhem

Noun

After the shooting, the internet lit up with macabre stories of death, disfigurement, and disability wrought by claim denials—DJs in clubs even spun dance music with Luigi’s face flashing behind them.

— Elizabeth Nicholas, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026
To my eye, Rouy’s strategy of disfigurement also owes a debt to Francis Bacon, except a portrait by that artist offers up a person as a specimen to the viewer, like a dead butterfly pinned to a collector board.

— David Lê, Curbed, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of disfigurement

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Social media giant Meta was hit with a class action lawsuit in Australia on behalf of children and teenagers who allegedly suffered harm over the addictive design features and exposure to harmful content on its platforms Facebook and Instagram.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Ryan McMonigle, a spokesman for Kansas City’s public works department, told The Star that LAZ Parking, or Park KC staff more generally, issue tickets for reasons including social harm, unpaid parking and license plate violations.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of harm

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The researchers also found that AI’s strength in flagging cancerous lesions didn’t carry over to naming the correct diagnosis among many possibilities.

— Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
The tricky thing is, other common conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol can harm the tiny blood vessels of the brain and create spots that mirror or obscure MS lesions, Kurz said.

— Erica Sloan, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of lesion

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This comes as the price of diesel fuel – used to power railroads and the trucking industry – has soared to record highs due to the crippling of refinery production as a result of the wars in Ukraine and Iran.

— Sean Conlon, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
The 12-day barrage came on the back of a series of setbacks for Iran’s leaders, including the crippling of its regional allies Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

— Brian Bennett, Time, 28 Feb. 2026

Definition of crippling

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Most companies have policies addressing pregnancy, disability and other health conditions.

— Lyndon Haviland, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Additionally, ethnic and Indigenous minorities, such as the Roma people in Europe and the Uyghur people in China, are targets of the practice, as are people with disabilities and transgender and intersex persons.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of disability

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Petersen’s research established the concept of mild cognitive impairment, which lies between healthy cognitive aging and dementia.

— Richard Sima, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Chronic exposure to lead has been tied to kidney dysfunction, high blood pressure, and cognitive impairment.

— Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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