mutilate

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈmjuː.tɪˌleɪt/
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/ˈmjuː.tɪˌleɪt/ · /ˈmjuː.tɪ.lət/ · /ˈmjuː.tɪ.lɪt/

Definition of mutilate

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
    “mutilated currency”
    “Little old lady got mutilated late last night Werewolves of London again.”
    “MANILA — The Philippine military said on Wednesday that troops had found the mutilated bodies of 17 civilians in the besieged southern city of Marawi, where government forces have been struggling to dislodge militants who have entrenched themselves for the last month.”
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verb

  1. To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
    “mutilated currency”
    “Little old lady got mutilated late last night Werewolves of London again.”
    “MANILA — The Philippine military said on Wednesday that troops had found the mutilated bodies of 17 civilians in the besieged southern city of Marawi, where government forces have been struggling to dislodge militants who have entrenched themselves for the last month.”
  2. To destroy beyond recognition.
  3. (figuratively)To render imperfect or defective.

adj

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete)Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
    “mutilate and semi-bodies”
  2. (archaic, not-comparable)Having fin-like appendages or flukes instead of legs, like a cetacean does.

noun

  1. Something that has been mutilated.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mutilātus, the perfect passive participle of mutilō (“to mutilate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), itself from mutilus (“maimed”).

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