Definition of Mutilate

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

Exact synonyms: Cut Up, Mangle
Generic synonyms: Damage
Derivative terms: Mangler, Mutilation, Mutilator

2. Verb. Alter so as to make unrecognizable. "The tourists murdered the French language"
Exact synonyms: Mangle, Murder
Generic synonyms: Distort, Falsify, Garble, Warp

3. Verb. Destroy or injure severely. "Mutilated bodies"
Exact synonyms: Mar
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. 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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