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Definition of Mutilate
1. Verb. Destroy or injure severely. "The madman mutilates art work"
Generic synonyms: Damage
Derivative terms: Mangler, Mutilation, Mutilator
2. Verb. Alter so as to make unrecognizable. "The tourists murdered the French language"
3. Verb. Destroy or injure severely. "Mutilated bodies"
Generic synonyms: Maim
Specialized synonyms: Force Out, Gouge
Derivative terms: Mutilation, Mutilator
Definition of Mutilate
1. a. Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
2. n. A cetacean, or a sirenian.
3. v. t. 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.
Definition of Mutilate
1. Verb. To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb. ¹
2. Verb. To destroy beyond recognition. ¹
3. Verb. (figuratively) To render imperfect. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mutilate
1. to deprive of a limb or other essential part [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]
Medical Definition of Mutilate
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1. Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mutilate
Literary usage of Mutilate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1826)
"¿mutilate bas the most extended mean- Dg ; it implies the abridging of any limb
... mutilate and mangle are applicable о moral objects ; m im ¡ч employed ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1904)
"To "mutilate" a railroad ticket, within the reasonable meaning of a stipulation
on its face that it shall not be good for passage if mutilated in any way. ..."
3. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"operation," said he, " is to mutilate a patient whom we are unable to cure ; it
should therefore be considered as an acknowledgment of the imperfection of ..."
4. Ridpath's History of the World: Being an Account of the Principal Events in by John Clark Ridpath (1910)
"... was for the third time assailed by the Russians at and mutilate both the dying
and the dead. Another check was thus given to the Russian invasion. ..."
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