Definitions for mutilate
ˈmyut lˌeɪtmu·ti·late

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mutilate, mangle, cut upverb

   destroy or injure severely

   "The madman mutilates art work"

2. mangle, mutilate, murderverb

   alter so as to make unrecognizable

   "The tourists murdered the French language"

3. mutilate, marverb

   destroy or injure severely

   "mutilated bodies"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mutilateverb

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

2. mutilateverb

   To destroy beyond recognition.

3. mutilateverb

   To render imperfect.

4. Etymology: From mutilatus, the past participle of mutilare 'to mutilate', itself from mutilus 'maimed'

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Mutilateverb

   To deprive of some essential part.

   Etymology: mutiler, Fr. mutilo, Latin.

   Such fearing to concede a monstrosity, or mutilate the integrity of Adam, preventively conceive the creation of thirteen ribs. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

   Sylburgius justly complains that the place is mutilated. Edward Stillingfleet.

   Among the mutilated poets of antiquity there is none whose fragments are so beautiful as those of Sappho. Addison.

   Aristotle ’s works were corrupted, from Strabo’s account of their having been mutilated and consumed with moisture. Thomas Baker.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mutilateadjective

   deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated

2. Mutilateadjective

   having finlike appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean

3. Mutilatenoun

   a cetacean, or a sirenian

4. Mutilateverb

   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. Mutilateverb

   to destroy or remove a material part of, so as to render imperfect; as, to mutilate the orations of Cicero

6. Etymology: [L. mutilatus, p. p. of mutilare to mutilate, fr. mutilus maimed; cf. Gr. , . Cf. Mutton.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mutilate

   mū′ti-lāt, v.t. to maim: to cut off: to remove a material part of.—ns. Mutilā′tion, act of mutilating: deprivation of a limb or essential part; Mū′tilator, one who mutilates. [L. mutilāre—mutilus—Gr. mutilos, mitulos, curtailed.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mutilate in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mutilate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of mutilate in a Sentence

1. Matt Zeller:

   Our Afghan and Iraqi combat translators have been left to die, the Taliban, Daesh [ ISIS ], Al Qaeda, and our other enemies do not have an amnesty or reconciliation program. They have one punishment for ‘ collaboration with the infidels ’ -- death. A brutal horrible death. They mutilate their victims. They rape their victims and their families in front of each other and then kill them. The worst deaths imaginable.

2. Slogan of the Free Speech Movement, 1964.:

   I am a student. Please do not fold, spindle, or mutilate me.

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