mutilate

Speech parts

1. mutilate - Noun

2. mutilate - Adjective

3. mutilate - Verb

Meaning

Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.

Having finlike appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean.

A cetacean, or a sirenian.

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.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mangle mar murder maim flay maul rend gash spay gimp butcher blight cripple hough damage
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Antonyms

clear build display correct improve advance
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Hypernyms

warp damage distort falsify maim garble

Hyponyms

gouge force out

Phrases with the word

to mutilate fold, spindle, or mutilate

Derivatives

mutilated mutilating

Anagrams

ultimate

Examples

The madman mutilates art work Source: Internet

The tourists murdered the French language Source: Internet

mutilated bodies Source: Internet

Afterward, the men proceeded to mutilate her and, finally, burn her limbs. Source: Internet

It’s the reason that doctors mutilate intersex babies, and it’s a huge part of transphobia and violence against trans people. Source: Internet

We are led by politicians who have joined the cult of President Donald J. Trump, who dispute experts (George Wallace once called them "pointy-headed" intellectuals), who embrace conspiracies, who mutilate the concept of the common good. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mutic muticous mutie mutilated mutilated currency mutilated fellow