Lexic.us

Definition of Mutilate

1. Verb. Destroy or injure severely. "The madman mutilates art work"

2. Verb. Alter so as to make unrecognizable. "The tourists murdered the French language"

3. Verb. Destroy or injure severely. "Mutilated bodies"

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. to deprive of a limb or other essential part [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]

Medical Definition of Mutilate

1. 1. Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated. 2. Having finlike appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean. Origin: L. Mutilatus, p.p. Of mutilare to mutilate, fr. Mutilus maimed; cf. Gr, . Cf. Mutton. A cetacean, or a sirenian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mutilate

muted mutedly muted tidal regime mutein mutely muteness mutenesses muter mutes mutest

mute swan muti muticous muticous mutilate (current term) mutilate (current term) mutilated mutilates mutilating mutilating keratoderma

mutilating leprosy mutilation mutilation mutilations mutilator mutilators Mutillidae mutine mutined mutineer

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