MUTILATE


Meaning of MUTILATE in English

(~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

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