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verb
- 1. inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on: "most of the prisoners had been mutilated" Similar
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MUTILATE definition: 1. to damage something severely, especially by violently removing a part: 2. to destroy an idea or…. Learn more.
The meaning of MUTILATE is to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect. How to use mutilate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Mutilate.
Mutilate definition: to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts. See examples of MUTILATE used in a sentence.
Mutilate is a verb that means to injure or ruin, usually in a brutal or messy way. If you drop a cantaloupe into a wood chipper, you'll mutilate that poor melon, with chunks of fruit and rind flying everywhere.
Definition of mutilate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. verb. If a person or animal is mutilated, their body is severely damaged, usually by someone who physically attacks them. More than 30 horses have been mutilated in the last nine months. [be VERB -ed] He tortured and mutilated six young men. [VERB noun] The mutilated bodies of seven men have been found beside a railway line. [VERB-ed]
1. to injure or disfigure by removing or irreparably damaging parts: to mutilate a painting. 2. to deprive (a person or animal) of a limb or other essential part. [1525–35; < Latin mutilātus, past participle of mutilāre to maim, derivative of mutilus mutilated; see -ate 1] mu`ti•la′tion, n. mu′ti•la`tor, n.
Definitions of 'mutilate' 1. If a person or animal is mutilated, their body is severely damaged, usually by someone who physically attacks them. [...] 2. If something is mutilated, it is deliberately damaged or spoiled. [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'mutilate' British English: mjuːtɪleɪt American English: myutəleɪt. More.
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noun [uncountable, countable] Thousands suffered death or mutilation in the bomb blast. See mutilate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Definition of mutilate verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
