mutilation
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lˌeɪt 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
1525–35; < Latin mutilātus (past participle of mutilāre to cut off, maim), equivalent to mutil(us) maimed, mutilated + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
mu·ti·la·tion, noun
mu·ti·la·tor, noun
self-mu·ti·lat·ing, adjective
self-mu·ti·la·tion, noun
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World English Dictionary
mutilate (ˈmjuːtɪˌleɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to deprive of a limb, essential part, etc; maim; dismember |
| 2. | to mar, expurgate, or damage (a text, book, etc) |
| [C16: from Latin mutilāre to cut off; related to mutilus maimed] | |
| muti'lation | |
| —n | |
| 'mutilative | |
| —adj | |
| 'mutilator | |
| —n | |
| mutilate (ˈmjuːtɪˌleɪt) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to deprive of a limb, essential part, etc; maim; dismember |
| 2. | to mar, expurgate, or damage (a text, book, etc) |
| [C16: from Latin mutilāre to cut off; related to mutilus maimed] | |
| muti'lation | |
| —n | |
| 'mutilative | |
| —adj | |
| 'mutilator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
mutilation
1520s, in Scots law, "act of disabling or wounding a limb," from L.L. mutilationem (from mutilatio), from L. mutilatus, pp. of mutilare "to cut or lop off," from mutilus "maimed," which is perhaps cognate with Gk. mytilos "hornless." Of things, "to destroy the unity of by damaging or removing a part,"
it is recorded from 1630s.
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.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
mutilation mu·ti·la·tion (my&oomacr;t'l-ā'shən)
n.
Disfigurement or injury by removal or destruction of a conspicuous or essential part of the body.
mu'ti·late' v.
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