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Recent Examples of mutilation
These attacks are often accompanied by extensive torture, rape, and mutilation.
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 14 May 2025
Its terror tactics include burnings, beheadings, mutilations, and torching villages, according to the UN.
—Heather Law, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
This online collection included images of mutilation and tying up women with ropes, two things prosecutors said are consistent with injuries inflicted on Mack and how she was bound.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2025
The film explores the history of these medically unnecessary genital mutilation surgeries and their lasting psychological impact through the lens of Ambrose’s experience.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2025
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 14 May 2025
Its terror tactics include burnings, beheadings, mutilations, and torching villages, according to the UN.
—Heather Law, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
This online collection included images of mutilation and tying up women with ropes, two things prosecutors said are consistent with injuries inflicted on Mack and how she was bound.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2025
The film explores the history of these medically unnecessary genital mutilation surgeries and their lasting psychological impact through the lens of Ambrose’s experience.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutilation
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Brown had been facing two other charges — intentionally causing great bodily harm and mayhem, and physically abusing an elderly person — but those charges were dismissed as a part of the no contest plea, the outlet reported.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
18 July 2025
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Kids as young as 13 and 14 were charged with gun possession over the Fourth of July weekend, and a total of eight teens and three adults face charges in connection with the downtown mayhem, according to the Marion County Prosecutor's Office.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
17 July 2025
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Experts say the false rhetoric coming out of the Trump administration creates real harm.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
12 July 2025
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Under Vera’s order, Los Angeles police are banned from using chemical irritants, and flash-bangs against journalists who do not pose a threat of imminent harm to an officer or another person.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
12 July 2025
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However, the East is drastically weakened as a result of injuries to Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum and Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton.—
DJ Siddiqi,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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In 2001, the Ig Nobel Prize in medicine went to Peter Barss of McGill University in Canada for his 1984 survey of injuries due to falling coconuts in Papua New Guinea.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 July 2025
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Within his first year at the front, Malaparte was exposed to mustard gas, leaving a pulmonary lesion that, nearly forty years later, contributed to his death.—
Thomas Meaney,
New Yorker,
2 July 2025
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Gross necropsy showed lesions in Kota's brain which indicated diffuse encephalopathy, or widespread dysfunction of the brain and brain hemorrhaging, the zoo said.—
Harley Walls,
Arkansas Online,
28 June 2025
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The same rule applies for students with disabilities that use assistive technology, so long as there is an agreement in place between the school and the child's parent or guardian.—
Rachel Wegner,
The Tennessean,
24 July 2025
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Over two years, Do steered more than $10 million in county contracts and grants to organizations that were supposed to provide meals to the elderly and people with disabilities, including Viet America Society.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
22 July 2025
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Technically known as myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), the condition is marked by debilitating fatigue that doesn't go away with rest; cognitive impairment such as brain fog and difficulty focusing; sleep disturbances; and pain.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 July 2025
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On the heels of former President Joe Biden dropping out of his 2024 reelection bid after public displays of cognitive impairment, some Democrats said Evers' age could be used against him in a race.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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Yet no lawyer had previously brought up the rapes and beatings that Bell witnessed during his stay at Dozier, Brown and Martin said.—
The Marshall Project,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 July 2025
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In Chicago, the closest parallel to the racial attacks in 1980s New York was the 1997 Bridgeport attack on Lenard Clark, a Black 13-year-old, by a group of teenagers including Frank Caruso Jr., who was convicted of the beating but ultimately forced to serve only two years of an eight-year sentence.—
Robert Chiarito,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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The High Note, the popular downtown karaoke bar, has shut down for at least a month, after flooding caused $100,000 in damage.—
Jordyn Noennig,
jsonline.com,
27 July 2025
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When mishandled, crises erode trust, damage reputations, and shrink market value.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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“Mutilation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutilation. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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