MUTILATE

v. 1 maim, disfigure, mangle, cripple, lame, butcher, disable; dismember, amputate, hack off, cut off, lop off, tear off, rip off Formerly, the hands of thieves were mutilated as an example to others 2 spoil, mar, ruin, damage, deface, vandalize, destroy As the book had been mutilated, he had to buy the library a replacement