as in to cripple
to cause severe or permanent injury to
was lucky not to be mutilated in the car crash
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Recent Examples of mutilate
They’re bred solely for exploitation — caged, mutilated and killed, with no say in their fate.
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Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
During the January 2022 trial, Chandler faced eight charges, including two counts of first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating corpses and providing false information about missing persons.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 30 May 2025
Eleven people from across the country who officials say paid a Cincinnati man to create videos showing monkeys being tortured and mutilated have been indicted on federal charges.
—Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 May 2025
June calls out Lydia for beating the handmaids and looking the other way when they were abused, mutilated, and raped.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 13 May 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
During the January 2022 trial, Chandler faced eight charges, including two counts of first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating corpses and providing false information about missing persons.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 30 May 2025
Eleven people from across the country who officials say paid a Cincinnati man to create videos showing monkeys being tortured and mutilated have been indicted on federal charges.
—Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 May 2025
June calls out Lydia for beating the handmaids and looking the other way when they were abused, mutilated, and raped.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 13 May 2025
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Russian hackers crippled the Colonial Gas Pipeline for five days in 2021, causing shortages at 16,200 gas stations along the East Coast and widespread consumer anxiety before the company paid a $5 million ransom to regain access to its computers.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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This allowed Google to survive the dotcom crash that crippled its competitors.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 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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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel needs to incapacitate Hamas in the city to avoid a repeat of the October 7 attack that ignited the war.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Most recently, he was badly injured after a high–speed car crash in New Hampshire in August.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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Two Fort Worth firefighters were injured while battling a two-alarm fire at the house.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Sep. 2025
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Russian attacks continue to maim and kill women, children, and the elderly with frequency and impunity.—
Richard Branson,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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Many more were maimed, and almost all the carnage was the direct and intended result of Iran’s nascent Axis.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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That same day, a student opened fire at a Colorado high school, critically wounding two peers.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
17 Sep. 2025
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In the past two years, more than 10% of the population has been killed or wounded - including tens of thousands of children - and that number only continues to rise.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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McCool said the network could have been used to disable cell phone towers, disrupt emergency communications, and shut down the city's cellular networks.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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Some of these technologies are essential for ensuring the proper functioning of the service or website and cannot be disabled, while others are optional but serve to enhance the user experience in various ways.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
23 Sep. 2025
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At least three people were killed in Zaporizhzhia, the president said.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
22 Sep. 2025
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The statistics tellingly include the death toll in the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995, a white supremacist plot that killed 168 people.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Sep. 2025
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For instance, foot traffic can scar moss that takes decades to heal.—
Ali Wunderman,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
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With no income and rising hardship, the family had no choice but to return to Syria and to a city still scarred by conflict and destruction.—
Maryanne Murray Buechner,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Mutilate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutilate. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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