What is "mutilate" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does mutilate mean in English? Meaning of mutilate definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "mutilate" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "mutilate": destroy or injure severely

Verb

  • Meaning: destroy or injure severely
  • Example: The madman mutilates art work
  • Synonyms: cut up mangle mutilate
  • Hypernyms: damage
  • Meaning of "mutilate": alter so as to make unrecognizable

    Verb

  • Meaning: alter so as to make unrecognizable
  • Example: The tourists murdered the French language
  • Synonyms: mangle murder mutilate
  • Hypernyms: distort falsify garble warp
  • Meaning of "mutilate": destroy or injure severely

    Verb

  • Meaning: destroy or injure severely
  • Example: mutilated bodies
  • Synonyms: mar mutilate
  • Hyponyms: force out gouge
  • Hypernyms: maim
  • Adjective: To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.To destroy beyond recognition.(figuratively) To render imperfect or defective.
  • Synonyms:

    deface, disfigure, injure, cripple, amputate, distort, butcher, disable, ravage, hack, dismember, mangle, mar, lame, expurgate, scratch, lacerate, hurt, crush, bowdlerize, batter, spoil, adulterate, weaken, cut up, mess up, cut to pieces, hash up,

    Antonyms:

    adorn, beautify, mend, ornament, aid, assist, heal, enable, build up, decorate, fix, cure, help, repair,

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    mutilate in English: mutilate
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