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mutilate

[myoot-l-eyt] / ˈmjut lˌeɪt /


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Cassandra Pybus says there is no doubt that Crowther did mutilate Lanne, citing letters he wrote.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2024

“We have concluded on the basis of present evidence that Nosenko was dispatched to the West to mutilate counterintelligence leads which had been revealed by Golitsyn,” Angleton said.

From Washington Times Jan. 1, 2023

State law is clear: It is a felony offense for anyone to “willfully and unlawfully remove, alter, mutilate, destroy, conceal or obliterate” a public record.

From Seattle Times Aug. 18, 2022

“Sitting still in the modern world, going deep inside yourself, is not an easy thing. If you start to mutilate sacred space, you start to lose touch with a big part of being human.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2022

I don’t know, I guess I always thought I’d turn out okay, no matter how badly my many schools tried to mutilate me.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi

The provision covers “whoever corruptly alters, destroys, mutilates or conceals a record, document or other object...or otherwise obstructs, influences or impedes any official proceeding.”

From Washington Post Mar. 8, 2022

There was no camaraderie because this system mutilates your emotions - you feel nothing.

From BBC Sep. 27, 2017

Especially if the Common App mutilates the formatting on applicant essays and you say there’s no way to fix it.

From Slate Nov. 25, 2013

If it mutilates the magazine, the kids will buy a second as a collectible.”

From New York Times Oct. 1, 2010

It is a Procrustes’ bed which mutilates the poet’s vision.

From The Art of Letters by Lynd, Robert

Mr. Hemming writes that upon Miller’s death, doctors found 23 battle scars, a large wound on his right abdominal cartilage, two rifle balls lodged in his liver, and mutilated fingers on his left hand.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

Danny Chambers, the Liberal Democrat MP for Winchester and vet, has the government's support and the law would crack down on the import of dogs and cats that are mutilated or heavily pregnant.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2025

They can cause dangerous diseases like Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida auris among our own kind, massacre beloved fellow animals like frogs and bats and even turn less-charismatic animals like cicadas into horrifyingly mutilated zombies.

From Salon Oct. 18, 2024

In a generation, an animal that had been despised, mutilated and shot, became revered, and ultimately protected.

From Seattle Times Aug. 20, 2023

She goes from car to car, begging, with a picture of a mutilated migrant she’s trying to help and the prescription she must fill.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Do you feel the Endangered Species Act provides the government with enough tools to stave off this so-called "mutilating of the tree of life," at least in the United States?

From Salon Dec. 21, 2023

Former prime minister Boris Johnson has warned, however, against "mutilating" the project in a letter to Rishi Sunak.

From BBC Sep. 24, 2023

“Moon Knight” is not the first time that an MCU title has been called out for mutilating an Asian language.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 2022

Both testicles were eventually removed – he called it “the mutilating surgery”.

From The Guardian Apr. 9, 2020

“Professor,” drawled Malfoy, “Weasley’s mutilating my roots, sir.”

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling




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