(~s, mutilating, ~d)
1.
If a person or animal is ~d, their body is severely damaged, usually by someone who physically attacks them.
More than 30 horses have been ~d in the last nine months...
He tortured and ~d six young men...
The ~d bodies of seven men have been found beside a railway line.
VERB: be V-ed, V n, V-ed
mutilation (mutilations)
Amnesty International chronicles cases of torture and mutilation...
N-VAR
2.
If something is ~d, it is deliberately damaged or spoiled.
Brecht’s verdict was that his screenplay had been ~d...
VERB: be V-ed, also V n