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
Spencer’s desire to move on finally makes Dexter see the truth, and the show assaults us with flashbacks from this very episode that all point to Spencer being the person who murdered Jimmy Powell and kidnapped and mutilated Nicky.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Blichfeldt indulges in this gruesome atmosphere and considers what other ways a young woman might mutilate herself for acceptance.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
All five of the women were prostitutes and they were all mutilated, except for one, according to the BBC.
—Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
The little girl was beaten with a wooden cutting board, suffocated to death and later raped and mutilated at his apartment in Purcell, a small community about 40 miles south of Oklahoma City, on April 12, 2006.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Blichfeldt indulges in this gruesome atmosphere and considers what other ways a young woman might mutilate herself for acceptance.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
All five of the women were prostitutes and they were all mutilated, except for one, according to the BBC.
—Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
The little girl was beaten with a wooden cutting board, suffocated to death and later raped and mutilated at his apartment in Purcell, a small community about 40 miles south of Oklahoma City, on April 12, 2006.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutilate
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About six weeks ago, hackers crippled the computer systems of the TV and mobile phone provider Dish Network.—
Shira Ovide,
Washington Post,
4 Apr. 2023
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Oakland Mills Coach: Chris Brewington Last season: Class 2A state champion Outlook: Losing the talent Oakland Mills did from last year’s outdoor season would cripple most programs, but the Scorpions have reloaded.—
Anthony Maluso,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Mar. 2023
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When your inheritance involves a death The reality of inheritances is that most happen after a loved one dies or experiences an incapacitating health event.—
Janet Arzt,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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In both of Bonta’s lawsuits related to federal firings, the attorney general asserted Trump had violated the Administrative Procedure Act, which prevents the president from using reduction in force process to incapacitate the Education Department from functioning.—
William Melhado,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Mar. 2025
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One person was injured and transported to Shock Trauma, fire officials said.—
Michelle Deal-Zimmerman,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2025
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Agents were not injured in the incident, Underwood said.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2025
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Trump then pardoned more than 1,500 rioters in his first days in the White House, including those convicted of maiming law enforcers.—
Mychael Schnell,
The Hill,
17 Mar. 2025
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Here, that combination is less jarring because the slaughter flows organically from the premise: Because Nate doesn’t respond much to pain, he gets beaten and maimed even harder.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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The strike hit the surgical building of Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis, the ministry said, days after the facility was overwhelmed with the dead and wounded when Israel resumed the war in Gaza last week with a surprise wave of airstrikes.—
Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2025
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Authorities said that Taylor’s sons, Josiah Hooker, 8, and a 5-year-old found a loaded 9mm Smith and Wesson semiautomatic handgun on a television stand that Taylor had left unattended at the family home in the 1400 block of East 71st Place when they were both wounded around 5:20 p.m. on Thursday.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
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This marks the fifth such system disabled by the USF units in the past month.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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Witnesses told Fort Worth police that an initial accident disabled two cars, and then there was a second crash when an oncoming vehicle hit one of the disabled cars.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Mar. 2025
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Advertisement At least 400 Gazans were killed on the first day of strikes, in what was one of the deadliest single-day tolls of the war, the Associated Press reported.—
TIME,
TIME,
23 Mar. 2025
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The last stop on that tour is the Yellow Oval Room, where A.B. was killed.—
Max Gao,
Variety,
23 Mar. 2025
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One of those included a condition known as post-COVID pulmonary fibrosis, which involves scarring of the lungs that can worsen over time and may require a lung transplant, according to pulmonologists.—
Amy McGorry,
Fox News,
8 Mar. 2025
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Yes, the political challenges come at a larger transition point for a Hollywood still reeling from a pandemic, labor strikes, Big Tech takeovers and fires that scarred so much of Los Angeles physically and psychically.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Mutilate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutilate. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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