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1. (v.t.) mutilate
to injure or disfigure by removing or irreparably damaging parts:
to mutilate a painting.
2. mutilate
to deprive (a person or animal) of a limb or other essential part.
Etymology: (1525–35; < L mutilātus, ptp. of mutilāre to maim, der. of mutilus mutilated; see -ate1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) mutilate, mangle, cut up
destroy or injure severely
"The madman mutilates art work"
2. (verb) mangle, mutilate, murder
alter so as to make unrecognizable
"The tourists murdered the French language"
3. (verb) mutilate, mar
destroy or injure severely
"mutilated bodies"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) mutilate
deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated
2. (adj) mutilate
having finlike appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean
3. (noun) mutilate
a cetacean, or a sirenian
4. (verb) mutilate
to cut off or remove a limb or essential part of; to maim; to cripple; to hack; as, to mutilate the body, a statue, etc
5. (verb) mutilate
to destroy or remove a material part of, so as to render imperfect; as, to mutilate the orations of Cicero
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