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Mutilate Damage Mu‧Ti‧Late ˈmjuːtəleɪt ˈmjuːtɪleɪt Verb Transitive 1to

Front mutilate
Back mu‧ti‧late /ˈmjuːtəleɪt, ˈmjuːtɪleɪt/ verb [transitive]
1to severely and violently damage someone’s body, especially by cutting or removing part of it:
The prisoners had been tortured and mutilated.
extra protection for mental patients who might mutilate themselves
2to damage or change something so much that it is completely spoiled:
The sculpture was badly mutilated in the late eighteenth century.
—mutilation /ˌmjuːtəˈleɪʃən, ˌmjuːtɪˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]

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