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mutilated

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mu·ti·late

[myoot-l-eyt]
verb (used with object), mu·ti·lat·ed, mu·ti·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 -ate1

mu·ti·la·tion, noun
mu·ti·la·tive, mu·ti·la·to·ry [myoot-l-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
mu·ti·la·tor, noun
self-mu·ti·lat·ing, adjective
self-mu·ti·la·tion, noun
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un·mu·ti·lat·ed, adjective
un·mu·ti·la·tive, adjective
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1. damage, mar, cripple. 2. See maim.

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Mutilated is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
Example Sentences
  • So the surgeons snipped, and ill-founded rumors spread of bloodied and irreparably mutilated children.
  • Improper, incomplete, mutilated and illegible entries will be disqualified.
  • Civilians, terrorised and mutilated by the rebels, have fled into neighbouring countries.
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mutilated

adjective
having a part of the body crippled or disabled [syn: maimed
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