Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Mutilate has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
destroy or injure severely
"The madman mutilates art work"
2
alter so as to make unrecognizable
"The tourists murdered the French language"
3
destroy or injure severely
"mutilated bodies"
4
To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
Adjective
1
Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
Example Sentences
"The madman mutilates art work"
verb
"The tourists murdered the French language"
verb
"mutilated bodies"
verb
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