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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

/ 藞尘箩耻藧迟瑟藢濒别瑟迟 /

verb

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

  • 藢尘耻迟颈藞濒补迟颈辞苍, noun
  • 藞尘耻迟颈藢濒补迟颈惫别, adjective
  • 藞尘耻迟颈藢濒补迟辞谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘耻顎卼颈路濒补顎僼颈辞苍 noun
  • 尘耻顎僼颈路濒补顎卼颈惫别 尘耻路迟颈路濒补路迟辞路谤测 [myoot, -l-, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
  • 尘耻顎僼颈路濒补顎卼辞谤 noun
  • 蝉别濒蹿顎-尘耻顎僼颈路濒补迟顎卛苍驳 adjective
  • self顎-尘耻顎卼颈路濒补顎僼颈辞苍 noun
  • 耻苍路尘耻顎僼颈路濒补迟顎卐诲 adjective
  • un路尘耻顎僼颈路濒补顎卼颈惫别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mutilate1

1525鈥35; from Latin 尘耻迟颈濒腻迟耻蝉 (past participle of 尘耻迟颈濒腻谤别 鈥渢o cut off, maim鈥), equivalent to mutil(us) 鈥渕aimed, mutilated鈥 + -腻迟耻蝉 -ate 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mutilate1

C16: from Latin 尘耻迟颈濒腻谤别 to cut off; related to mutilus maimed
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Synonym Study

See maim.
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Example Sentences

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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 鈥渞ainbow-haired freak鈥 teachers and other Democrats are trying to 鈥渕utilate鈥 the bodies of 3-year-old children behind their parents鈥 backs.

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