mutilated 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of mutilatednext
as in maimed

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mutilated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of mutilate
as in crippled
to cause severe or permanent injury to was lucky not to be mutilated in the car crash

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutilated
  1. crippled
  2. disabled
  3. incapacitated
  4. injured
Verb
  • His vengeance included turning Michigan State in for NCAA violations, leading to probation that crippled the program until the late 1970s.
    Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • As the city litigated and revised the environmental impact report, two devastating storms in December 2023 and February 2024 — the same series that crippled San Diego’s Ocean Beach Pier — substantially damaged the wharf.
    Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of crippled
Adjective
  • Two people were killed in a three-car crash on Interstate 84 in Danbury on Sunday involving a disabled vehicle and a tractor-trailer.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The Justice Department took no position on whether the city was wrong to change benefits for disabled retirees.
    Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of disabled
Verb
  • Workers incapacitated by pregnancy could get an additional two weeks.
    Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
  • In 2010, a UPS cargo flight was involved in a fatal accident when a cargo pallet containing tens of thousands of lithium batteries caused a fire in the hold, which eventually incapacitated the pilots and damaged the flight controls, causing the aircraft to crash in Dubai.
    Barry Collins, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of incapacitated
Verb
  • Lincoln Hospital was where Shirley Vasquez and all the other parents, like her, took their children when they were injured or ill.
    Cary Goodman, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
  • At least 35 people were injured in the incident, officials said, and at the time some were hospitalized in critical condition.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of injured
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