mutilate

Example Sentences

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But animal welfare charities worry that any carve-outs would be exploited by smugglers to continue trading, and would see those who illegally mutilate dogs in the UK avoid prosecution.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

“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

One particular law makes it a felony for someone in possession of government records to willfully mutilate, obliterate or destroy them.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 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