Don't mutilate children.
Source: tatoeba (11503890)
Mutilate
//ˈmjuː.tɪˌleɪt//
Synonyms for "mutilate" (145 found)
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Strong matches (44)
Related words (72)
laceratelamelopmake mincemeat ofmarmaulmayhemmisshapeneuternipparepeelpick outpick to piecespierceprunepull apartpuncturerendrip
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rip offroot outroutruinrule outrunrupturesavagescaldscorchscotchscrapescratchscuffset apartset asideshaveshearshredskinslashslaughterslitspoilsprainstabstamp outsterilizestickstrainstrike offstripstrip offtake aparttake offtake outteartear aparttear offtear to piecestear to tatterstorturetraumatizetruncateunsexvandalizewipe outwoundwrench
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12 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κολοβόω verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
Arabic
4 entries- بَتَرَ verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- جَدَعَ verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- جَذَعَ verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- شَوِهَ verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
Bulgarian
2 entries- осакатявам verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- повреждам verb (To destroy beyond recognition)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 殘害 /残害 verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- 殘毀 /残毁 verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
Danish
1 entries- lemlæste verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
Dutch
4 entries- verhakkelen verb (To destroy beyond recognition)
- verminken verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- verminken verb (To destroy beyond recognition)
- verminken verb (To render imperfect or defective)
Estonian
1 entries- moonutama verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
Finnish
4 entries- pahoinpidellä verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- ruhjoa verb (To destroy beyond recognition)
- runnella verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- runnella verb (To destroy beyond recognition)
French
1 entries- mutiler verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
Galician
1 entries- mutilar verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
German
2 entries- verschandeln verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- verstümmeln verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
Irish
1 entries- loit verb (To destroy beyond recognition)
Japanese
4 entries- ばらばらにする verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- 不具にする verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- 切断する verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- 骨抜きにする verb (To render imperfect or defective)
Latin
2 entries- discerpō verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- lacerō verb (To destroy beyond recognition)
Macedonian
3 entries- обезличува verb (To destroy beyond recognition)
- осакатува verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- оштетува verb (To render imperfect or defective)
Old English
1 entries- hamelian verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
Old French
1 entries- desmembrer verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
Portuguese
1 entries- mutilar verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
Romanian
4 entries- devasta verb (To destroy beyond recognition)
- mutila verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- mutila verb (To render imperfect or defective)
- schilodi verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
Russian
3 entries- кале́чить verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- уве́чить verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- уро́довать verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- sakatiti verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- sakatiti verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- сакатити verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
Spanish
2 entries- mutilar verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
- mutilar verb (To destroy beyond recognition)
Swedish
1 entries- stympa verb (To physically harm as to impair use)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Don't mutilate kids.
Source: tatoeba (11504458)
mutilated currency
Source: wiktionary
Little old lady got mutilated late last night Werewolves of London again.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.