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mutilate
/ ˈmjuːtɪˌleɪt /
verb
- to deprive of a limb, essential part, etc; maim; dismember
- to mar, expurgate, or damage (a text, book, etc)
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Derived Forms
- ˌmutiˈlation, noun
- ˈmutiˌlative, adjective
- ˈmutiˌlator, noun
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Other Words From
- muti·lation noun
- muti·lative mu·ti·la·to·ry [myoot, -l-, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
- muti·lator noun
- self-muti·lating adjective
- self-muti·lation noun
- un·muti·lated adjective
- un·muti·lative adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mutilate1
C16: from Latin mutilāre to cut off; related to mutilus maimed
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Synonym Study
See maim.
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Example Sentences
Prisoners there became severely depressed: some began to compulsively mutilate themselves; others attempted suicide.
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With cynical cruelty, he set himself to insult, to undermine, to mutilate it.
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It would not mutilate and disfigure the body, for it is a sacred temple, to be made beautiful and attractive.
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You mutilate my brain with your clumsy pincers—you put your claws into my thoughts and tear them to pieces!
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Not only does the censorship mutilate literary works, but it often suffocates the inspiration of the author.
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This dispatch, too, the House of Commons took care to mutilate before sending it to the press.
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