mutilate

mutilate
[[t]mju͟ːtɪleɪt[/t]]
mutilates, mutilating, mutilated
1) VERB If a person or animal is mutilated, their body is severely damaged, usually by someone who physically attacks them.

[be V-ed] More than 30 horses have been mutilated in the last nine months...

[V n] He tortured and mutilated six young men...

[V-ed] The mutilated bodies of seven men have been found beside a railway line.

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mutilation [[t]mju͟ːtɪle͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] plural N-VAR

Amnesty International chronicles cases of torture and mutilation...

She had suffered severe facial mutilations after an accident.

2) VERB If something is mutilated, it is deliberately damaged or spoiled.

[be V-ed] Brecht's verdict was that his screenplay had been mutilated...

[V-ed] I discovered a mutilated cassette stuffed in a wastebasket. [Also V n]


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  • Mutilate — Mu ti*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mutilated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mutilating}.] 1. To cut off or remove a limb or essential part of; to maim; to cripple; to disfigure; to hack; as, to mutilate the body, a statue, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. To destroy or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mutilate — [myo͞ot′ l āt΄] vt. mutilated, mutilating [< L mutilatus, pp. of mutilare, to maim, mutilate < mutilus, maimed; akin to Ir mut, short] 1. to cut off or damage a limb or other important part of (a person or animal) 2. to damage, injure, or… …   English World dictionary

  • Mutilate — Mu ti*late, a. [L. mutilatus, p. p. of mutilare to mutilate, fr. mutilus maimed; cf. Gr. ?, ?. Cf. {Mutton}.] 1. Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Having finlike appendages or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mutilate — I verb amputate, batter, blemish, bruise, butcher, cripple, cut, damage, debilitate, deface, deform, deprive of an important part, disable, disfigure, dismantle, dismember, distort, gash, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out of shape, lacerate …   Law dictionary

  • mutilate — (v.) 1530s, of things; 1560s, of persons; from L. mutilatus, pp. of mutilare to cut off, lop off, cut short; maim, mutilate, from mutilus maimed (see MUTILATION (Cf. mutilation)). Technically, to deprive of some principal part, especially by… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Mutilate — Mu ti*late, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A cetacean, or a sirenian. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mutilate — 1 *maim, cripple, batter, mangle Analogous words: injure, damage, hurt, spoil, mar: disfigure, *deface 2 *sterilize, castrate, spay, emasculate, alter, geld, caponize …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • mutilate — [v] maim, damage adulterate, amputate, batter, bowdlerize, butcher, cripple, crush, cut to pieces, cut up, deface, disable, disfigure, dismember, distort, expurgate, hack*, hash up*, hurt, injure, lacerate, lame, mangle, mar, mess up*, ravage,… …   New thesaurus

  • mutilate — ► VERB 1) inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on (someone). 2) inflict serious damage on (something). DERIVATIVES mutilation noun mutilator noun. ORIGIN Latin mutilare maim …   English terms dictionary

  • mutilate — UK [ˈmjuːtɪleɪt] / US [ˈmjut(ə)lˌeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms mutilate : present tense I/you/we/they mutilate he/she/it mutilates present participle mutilating past tense mutilated past participle mutilated a) to damage someone s body… …   English dictionary

  • mutilate — mu·ti·late myüt əl .āt vt, lat·ed; lat·ing to cut off or permanently destroy a limb or essential part of <mutilate a body> also CASTRATE (1) …   Medical dictionary

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