un mutilated

verb (used with object), mu·ti·lat·ed, mu·ti·lat·ing.

to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.

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

Related forms

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

un·mu·ti·lat·ed, adjective

un·mu·ti·la·tive, adjective

Synonyms
1. damage, mar, cripple. 2. See maim.

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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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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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