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mutilated

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verb

past tense of mutilate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutilated
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
Adjective
  • Studies have found that the closures of local branches by larger and smaller banks across the U.S. have a disproportionate negative effect on those living in the country's rural areas, disabled people, individuals on low-income, and racially diverse communities.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The license is not required for Illinois residents who have a disability and a State of Illinois disabled ID card showing a Class 2 or 2A disability; have a Veterans Disability Card; or are residents on active military duty who are home on leave.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Hours before that performance, as Ivy has a diva moment and Karen is incapacitated in a reformatting of the series’ poisoning plot line, Bombshell’s assistant director, Chloe (Bella Coppola), suddenly has to step up to play Marilyn, winning the love of the internet.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Successful organizing includes documenting evidence of government abuses, sharing information broadly, and building administrative systems rather than relying on a few leaders who may be assassinated or otherwise incapacitated.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The passengers went to a hospital, but nobody was seriously injured.
    Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • He’s currently injured, but when in the lineup, the 6-foot-4, 203-pound forward is the type of player the Blues love — straight lines, finishes checks, sells out every shift and a nose for the net.
    Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Mutilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutilated. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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