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Mutilate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mutilate? [v] destroy, as of a limb [v] destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work" [v] alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mutilate: cut up \| mangle \| mar \| murder Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mutilate: abrade \| abscind \| alter \| amputate \| annihilate \| ban \| bar \| bark \| blemish \| bloody \| bob \| break \| burn \| butcher \| castrate \| chafe \| change \| check \| chip \| claw \| clip \| crack \| craze \| cripple \| crop \| cull \| cut \| cut away \| cut off \| cut out \| damage \| deface \| defoliate \| deform \| denude \| desexualize \| destroy \| disable \| disfigure \| dismember \| disproportion \| dock \| draw and quarter \| eliminate \| enucleate \| eradicate \| except \| excise \| exclude \| extinguish \| extirpate \| fix \| flay \| fracture \| fray \| frazzle \| fret \| gall \| gash \| geld \| hurt \| incise \| injure \| isolate \| knock off \| lacerate \| lame \| lop \| maim \| make mincemeat of \| mangle \| mar \| maul \| mayhem \| misshape \| neuter \| nip \| pare \| peel \| pick out \| pick to pieces \| pierce \| prune \| pull apart \| puncture \| rend \| rip \| rip off \| root out \| ruin \| rule out \| run \| rupture \| savage \| scald \| scorch \| scotch \| scrape \| scratch \| scuff \| set apart \| set aside \| shave \| shear \| shred \| skin \| slash \| slit \| spoil \| sprain \| stab \| stamp out \| stick \| strain \| strike off \| strip \| strip off \| take apart \| take off \| take out \| tear \| tear apart \| tear off \| tear to pieces \| tear to tatters \| traumatize \| truncate \| unsex \| vandalize \| wipe out \| wound \| wrench See Also \| damage \| deface \| distort \| falsify \| force out \| garble \| gouge \| maim \| warp Mutilate In Webster's Dictionary \Mu"tilate\, a. [L. mutilatus, p. p. of mutilare to mutilate, fr. mutilus maimed; cf. Gr. ?, ?. Cf. {Mutton}.] 1. Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated. --Sir T. Browne. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Having finlike appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean. \Mu"tilate\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A cetacean, or a sirenian. \Mu"ti*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mutilated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mutilating}.] 1. 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. 2. To destroy or remove a material part of, so as to render imperfect; as, to mutilate the orations of Cicero. Among the mutilated poets of antiquity, there is none whose fragments are so beautiful as those of Sappho. --Addison. {Mutilated gear}, {Mutilated wheel} (Mach.), a gear wheel from a portion of whose periphery the cogs are omitted. It is used for giving intermittent movements.

Mutilate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mutilate?

[v] destroy, as of a limb
[v] destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"
[v] alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mutilate: cut up | mangle | mar | murder

Mutilate In Webster's Dictionary

\Mu"ti*late\, a. [L. mutilatus, p. p. of mutilare to
mutilate, fr. mutilus maimed; cf. Gr. ?, ?. Cf. {Mutton}.]
1. Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
   --Sir T. Browne.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Having finlike appendages or flukes instead of
   legs, as a cetacean.


\Mu"ti*late\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A cetacean, or a sirenian.


\Mu"ti*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mutilated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Mutilating}.]
1. 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.

2. To destroy or remove a material part of, so as to render
   imperfect; as, to mutilate the orations of Cicero.

         Among the mutilated poets of antiquity, there is
         none whose fragments are so beautiful as those of
         Sappho.                               --Addison.

{Mutilated gear}, {Mutilated wheel} (Mach.), a gear wheel
   from a portion of whose periphery the cogs are omitted. It
   is used for giving intermittent movements.

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