Mutilate
Mutilate verb - To cause severe or permanent injury to.
Usage example: was lucky not to be mutilated in the car crash
Nearby Words: mutilation, mutilating
Murder
Murder verb - To make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way.
Usage example: we listened in horror as she murdered our favorite song on stage
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Murder and Mutilate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mutilate/murder
Mutilate & Murder. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/mutilate/murder>.
Murder or Mutilate. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/mutilate/murder.
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