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Mutilates
[
myoot
-l-eyt
]
Origin
mu·ti·late
/
ˈmyut
lˌeɪt
/
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[
myoot
-l-eyt
]
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verb (used with object),
-lat·ed,
-lat·ing.
1.
to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts:
Vandals mutilated the painting.
2.
to deprive (a person or animal) of a limb or other essential part.
Origin:
1525–35;
<
Latin
mutilātus
(past participle of
mutilāre
to cut off, maim), equivalent to
mutil
(
us
) maimed, mutilated +
-ātus
-ate
1
Related forms
mu·ti·la·tion,
noun
mu·ti·la·tive,
mu·ti·la·to·ry
/
ˈmyut
l
əˌtɔr
i
,
-ˌtoʊr
i
/
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[
myoot
-l-
uh
-tawr-ee
,
-tohr-ee
]
Show IPA
,
adjective
mu·ti·la·tor,
noun
self-mu·ti·lat·ing,
adjective
self-mu·ti·la·tion,
noun
EXPAND
un·mu·ti·lat·ed,
adjective
un·mu·ti·la·tive,
adjective
COLLAPSE
Synonyms
1.
damage, mar, cripple.
2.
See
maim.
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Word Origin & History
mutilate
1530s, of things; 1560s, of persons;, from L. mutilat-, pp. stem of mutilare, from mutilus (see
mutilation
). Technically, to deprive of some principal part, especially by cutting off. Related: Mutilated; mutilating.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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