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Meaning of mutilate

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

mutilate

verb

Definitions

  1. To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.

  2. To destroy beyond recognition.

  3. To render imperfect or defective.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.

  2. Having fin-like appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean does.