mutilate

  • 31mutilate — verb (transitive often passive) 1 to severely and violently damage someone s body, especially by removing part of it: Many people were mutilated and maimed in the blast. 2 to damage or change something so much that it is completely spoiled or… …

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  • 32mutilate — verb 1) the bodies had been mutilated Syn: mangle, maim, disfigure, butcher, dismember; cripple 2) the painting was mutilated Syn: vandalize, damage, deface, ruin, spoil, destroy …

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  • 33mutilate — v 1. dismember, disjoint, dislimb, tear limb from limb; detruncate, amputate, remove a limb; hack off, chop off, lop off, cut off, tear or rip or pull off, (of a tail) dock, bob, trim; dissect, anatomize, vivisect, skeletonize, disembowel. 2.… …

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  • 34mutilate — mu·ti·late …

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  • 35mutilate — verb 1) the bodies had been mutilated Syn: mangle, maim, disfigure, dismember, slash, hack 2) the carved screen had been mutilated Syn: vandalize, damage, slash, hack, deface …

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  • 36mutilate — [ˈmjuːtɪˌleɪt] verb [T] to damage someone s body permanently by cutting it or cutting off part of it mutilation [ˌmjuːtɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] …

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  • 37mutilate — /ˈmjutəleɪt / (say myoohtuhlayt) verb (t) (mutilated, mutilating) 1. to remove a limb or other important part from (a person or animal, the body, etc.) 2. → castrate. 3. to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging… …

  • 38mutilate —   Hana ino, oki ino, ho omumuku, ho okīnā, elehe u …

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  • 39mutilate — To tear or destroy in part; to render imperfect …

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  • 40mutilate — v.tr. 1 a deprive (a person or animal) of a limb or organ. b destroy the use of (a limb or organ). 2 render (a book etc.) imperfect by excision or some act of destruction. Derivatives: mutilation n. mutilative adj. mutilator n. Etymology: L… …

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