mutilate
verb /ˈmjuːtɪleɪt/
/ˈmjuːtɪleɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they mutilate | /ˈmjuːtɪleɪt/ /ˈmjuːtɪleɪt/ |
| he / she / it mutilates | /ˈmjuːtɪleɪts/ /ˈmjuːtɪleɪts/ |
| past simple mutilated | /ˈmjuːtɪleɪtɪd/ /ˈmjuːtɪleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle mutilated | /ˈmjuːtɪleɪtɪd/ /ˈmjuːtɪleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form mutilating | /ˈmjuːtɪleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈmjuːtɪleɪtɪŋ/ |
- mutilate somebody/something to damage somebody’s body very severely, especially by cutting or tearing off part of it
- The body had been badly mutilated.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- horribly
- severely
- …
- mutilate something to damage something very badly synonym vandalize
- Intruders slashed and mutilated several paintings.
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin mutilat- ‘maimed, mutilated, lopped off’, from the verb mutilare, from mutilus ‘maimed’.