MUTILATE


Meaning of MUTILATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mju:tɪleɪt ]

( mutilates, mutilating, mutilated)

1.

If a person or animal is mutilated , their body is severely damaged, usually by someone who physically attacks them.

More than 30 horses have been mutilated in the last nine months...

He tortured and mutilated six young men...

The mutilated bodies of seven men have been found beside a railway line.

VERB : be V-ed , V n , V-ed

• mu‧ti‧la‧tion

(mutilations)

Amnesty International chronicles cases of torture and mutilation...

N-VAR

2.

If something is mutilated , it is deliberately damaged or spoiled.

Brecht’s verdict was that his screenplay had been mutilated...

VERB : be V-ed , also V n

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