mutilate

(myūt'l-āt')
tr.v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.

1. To deprive of a limb or an essential part; cripple.
2. To disfigure by damaging irreparably: mutilate a statue. See synonyms at batter¹.
3. To make imperfect by excising or altering parts.

[Latin mutilāre, mutilāt-, from mutilus, maimed.]

mutilation mu'ti·la'tion n.
mutilative mu'ti·la'tive adj.
mutilator mu'ti·la'tor n.

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verb

To deprive of a limb or bodily member or its use: cripple, dismember, maim. See help/harm/harmless.

v

Definition: maim, damage
Antonyms: fix, mend, repair

IN BRIEF: To hurt or damage badly.

Try not to mutilate any of the plants as you walk through the flower garden.

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The cutting off or otherwise depriving an animal of a limb or other essential part. Farming procedures, classified as mutilations by animal welfare organizations, include tail-docking of cows and horses, ear-cropping in dogs, mulesing of sheep, debarking of dogs, debeaking of birds.

• acral m. syndrome — see hereditary sensory neuropathy.

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• Violent Actions - mutilate: damage, esp. by cutting off a body part

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - lemlæste, mutilere, skamfere

Nederlands (Dutch)
verminken

Français (French)
v. tr. - mutiler

Deutsch (German)
v. - verstümmeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ακρωτηριάζω, σακατεύω, πετσοκόβω

Italiano (Italian)
mutilare, deformare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - mutilar

Русский (Russian)
изувечить, искажать, изувеченный, искаженный

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - mutilar, lisiar, deformar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - stympa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
切断, 使不完整, 使残废

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 切斷, 使不完整, 使殘廢

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 자르다, 불완전하게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 切断する, 手足を切断する, 不具にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يشوه, يقتطع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השחית, הטיל מום, קלקל, עיוות, כרת, קטע‬

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