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1 day ago · mutilate (third-person singular simple present mutilates, present participle mutilating, simple past and past participle mutilated) To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb. To destroy beyond recognition. ( figuratively) To render imperfect or defective . For two reasons ...
A complete guide to the word "MUTILATE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
The earliest known use of the verb mutilate is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for mutilate is from 1534, in the writing of Thomas More, lord chancellor, humanist, and martyr. mutilate is a borrowing from Latin.
mutilate something to damage something very badly synonym vandalize Intruders slashed and mutilated several paintings. Word Origin early 16th cent.: from Latin mutilat- ‘maimed, mutilated, lopped off’, from the verb mutilare , from mutilus ‘maimed’.
mutilate meaning: to damage someone's body violently and severely, often by cutting off a part of it: . Learn more.
Synonym Discussion of Mutilate. to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect; to cut off or cause severe damage to a limb or essential part of… See the full definition
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MUTILATE definition: to damage someone's body violently and severely, often by cutting off a part of it: . Learn more.
