mutilate.
To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
Meaning & usage
To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
mutilated currency
To destroy beyond recognition.
To render imperfect or defective.
Where this word comes from
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”).
Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
Having fin-like appendages or flukes instead of legs, like a cetacean does.
Where this word comes from
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”).
Something that has been mutilated.
Where this word comes from
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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