mutilate

Example Sentences

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The debris mounds had further scarred a landscape already mutilated by the earthquakes, and it was unsettling.

From Washington Post

The cows were found mutilated in the same manner with the tongue removed and nothing noticeable in the surrounding grass, but each cow was found in a different location and belonged to a different herd.

From Seattle Times

Ranchers found the mutilated remains of a 6-year-old longhorn-cross cow on their property, the Madison County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook Wednesday.

From New York Times

Pictures of Till’s mutilated body, taken by David Jackson for Jet magazine, galvanized the civil rights movement and introduced Mr. Brathwaite to photography’s potential as a catalyst for social change.

From Washington Post

In reply, Jaffee grinned a bit mischievously at the thought that he had persuaded millions of readers to “mutilate the magazine.”

From Washington Post