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mutilate

[ myoot-l-eyt ]

verb (used with object)

mutilated, mutilating.
  1. to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts:

    Vandals mutilated the painting.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. to deprive (a person or animal) of a limb or other essential part.


mutilate

/ ˈːɪˌɪ /

verb

  1. to deprive of a limb, essential part, etc; maim; dismember
  2. to mar, expurgate, or damage (a text, book, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌܳپˈپDz, noun
  • ˈܳپˌپ, adjective
  • ˈܳپˌٴǰ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • t·tDz noun
  • t·t ·پ··ٴ· [myoot, -l-, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
  • t·tǰ noun
  • -t·iԲ adjective
  • self-t·tDz noun
  • ܲ·t·e adjective
  • un·t·t adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of mutilate1

1525–35; from Latin ܳپٳܲ (past participle of ܳپ “to cut off, maim”), equivalent to mutil(us) “maimed, mutilated” + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of mutilate1

C16: from Latin ܳپ to cut off; related to mutilus maimed
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Synonym Study

See maim.
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The author said the situation left her feeling "trashed" and "mutilated".

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Last year, his iron-fist approach came under fire after four boys were arrested by soldiers over an alleged theft and later found mutilated and burned.

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His men were also found to have mutilated a wounded soldier by "making the Rusich group symbol on his face".

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The body of the mutilated animal was found at Doran Regional Park in Bodega Bay on Christmas, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries announced this week.

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He later suggested, falsely, that “rainbow-haired freak” teachers and other Democrats are trying to “mutilate” the bodies of 3-year-old children behind their parents’ backs.

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