Mutilate

/ˈmjuː.tɪˌleɪt/ · verb

Meaning

To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb..

Definitions by Sense

1. To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
2. To destroy beyond recognition.
3. (figuratively) To render imperfect or defective.
4. (obsolete) Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
5. (archaic, zoology) Having fin-like appendages or flukes instead of legs, like a cetacean does.
6. Something that has been mutilated.

Example Sentences

mutilated currency

Little old lady got mutilated late last night Werewolves of London again.

MANILA — The Philippine military said on Wednesday that troops had found the mutilated bodies of 17 civilians in the besieged southern city of Marawi, where government forces have been struggling to dislodge militants who have entrenched themselves for the last month.

For two reasons then it is right to be content with that which happens to thee; the one, because it was done for thee and prescribed for thee, and in a manner had reference to thee, originally from the most ancient causes spun with thy destiny; and the other, because even that which comes severally to every man is to the power which administers the universe a cause of felicity and perfection, nay even of its very continuance. For the integrity of the whole is mutilated, if thou cuttest off anything whatever from the conjunction and the continuity either of the parts or of the causes. And thou dost cut off, as far as it is in thy power, when thou art dissatisfied, and in a manner triest to put anything out of the way.

mutilate and semi-bodies

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• mutilates
• mutilating
• mutilated
• mut.

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