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
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.
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Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
According to a criminal complaint, Robinson went on a date April 1 with Maxwell Anderson, who was arrested weeks later and charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse and arson.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
In that same overcrowded room sit an emaciated woman with haunted eyes and an older man whose hands are mutilated.
—Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
Demi Moore is excellent as someone trying to win back control of her narrative and body, as Margaret Qualley dials in a perfectly observed, completely artificial performance as the two halves of a Hollywood star try to mutilate each other (and therefore themselves) in an attempt to defy biology.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
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Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
According to a criminal complaint, Robinson went on a date April 1 with Maxwell Anderson, who was arrested weeks later and charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse and arson.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
In that same overcrowded room sit an emaciated woman with haunted eyes and an older man whose hands are mutilated.
—Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
Demi Moore is excellent as someone trying to win back control of her narrative and body, as Margaret Qualley dials in a perfectly observed, completely artificial performance as the two halves of a Hollywood star try to mutilate each other (and therefore themselves) in an attempt to defy biology.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 19 Sep. 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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Nicholson’s Sinatra, meanwhile, was left incapacitated in a hospital bed after being shot by Jane (Nicole Brydon Bloom), the double agent who also murdered Billy (Jon Beavers).—
Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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Since the inauguration, Rubio, Musk and Marocco have taken dramatic steps to incapacitate USAID, the largest foreign aid donor in the world, by firing its employees and halting operations.—
Brett Murphy,
ProPublica,
3 Mar. 2025
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In addition to the two people killed, 10 people were injured, five seriously, Mannheim police said in a statement.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2025
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Pimenov’s girlfriend was critically injured in the strike and remains in hospital, the report said.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2025
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Another fifteen or so had been injured, including some who would likely be maimed for the rest of their lives.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Perhaps most tragically, this ideology has maimed thousands of young people for life.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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He had been wounded last summer, not far from the Russian border in northeastern Ukraine, when a blast from a grenade fractured his right shoulder blade, a bullet hit him just below his right collarbone, another tore through his left shoulder, and a third broke three ribs.—
Michael Holtz,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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Douglas was sent to prison in 1985 after he and three other men were convicted for bursting into the East New York home of a drug dealer and killing three and wounding seven in a case that grabbed headlines for its horrific details.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Peak Drive Online ordering has been temporarily disabled for Del Taco's Colorado locations.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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All of these resources are active and available on the Radeon RX 9070 XT, but eight of the 64 compute units are disabled on the Radeon RX 9070, reducing its core counts to 3,584 shaders, 224 TMUs, 112 AI accelerators, and 56 ray accelerators.—
Michael Justin Allen Sexton,
PCMAG,
28 Feb. 2025
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After asking the village to remove the Christmas lights in honor of the more than 46,000 Palestinians killed in the Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas, the village instead offered to install lights for Ramadan, Nawab said.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Mar. 2025
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In recent years, the state has passed several amendments giving more leeway to killing black bears out of self-defense.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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Smaller and more superficial carbuncles, as well as those with more openings on the surface of the skin, are less likely to scar.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
25 Feb. 2025
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Beef tallow has become popular on social media as a skin-care cure-all for complaints like acne, dry skin, and scarring — although dermatologists remain skeptical.—
Rob Williams,
EverydayHealth.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Mutilate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutilate. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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