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mutilate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'mutilate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Mutilate [ a.]
- Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
- Having finlike appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean.
2 . Mutilate [ n.]
- A cetacean, or a sirenian.
3 . Mutilate [ 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.
- To destroy or remove a material part of, so as to render imperfect; as, to mutilate the orations of Cicero.

Meaning of 'mutilate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . mutilate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- destroy or injure severely
Example in sentence:
  • mutilated bodies;
  • The madman mutilates art work
Meaning (2):
- destroy or injure severely
Example in sentence:
  • mutilated bodies;
  • The madman mutilates art work
Meaning (3):
- alter so as to make unrecognizable
Example in sentence:
  • The tourists murdered the French language

Nearby Words:

mutability mutable mutableness mutably mutacism mutage mutanda mutandum mutation mutch

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