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Mutilate

//ˈmjuː.tɪˌleɪt// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated. not-comparable, obsolete

    "mutilate and semi-bodies"

  2. 2
    Having fin-like appendages or flukes instead of legs, like a cetacean does. archaic, not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    Something that has been mutilated.
Verb
  1. 1
    To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.

    "mutilated currency"

  2. 2
    destroy or injure severely wordnet
  3. 3
    To destroy beyond recognition.
  4. 4
    damage or injure severely wordnet
  5. 5
    To render imperfect or defective. figuratively

    "For two reasons then it is right to be content with that which happens to thee; the one, because it was done for thee and prescribed for thee, and in a manner had reference to thee, originally from the most ancient causes spun with thy destiny; and the other, because even that which comes severally to every man is to the power which administers the universe a cause of felicity and perfection, nay even of its very continuance. For the integrity of the whole is mutilated, if thou cuttest off anything whatever from the conjunction and the continuity either of the parts or of the causes. And thou dost cut off, as far as it is in thy power, when thou art dissatisfied, and in a manner triest to put anything out of the way."

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  1. 6
    alter so as to make unrecognizable wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin mutilātus, the perfect passive participle of mutilō (“to mutilate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), itself from mutilus (“maimed”).

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin mutilātus, the perfect passive participle of mutilō (“to mutilate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), itself from mutilus (“maimed”).

Etymology 3

Learned borrowing from Latin mutilātus, the perfect passive participle of mutilō (“to mutilate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), itself from mutilus (“maimed”).

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