Front | mutilate |
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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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