Verb: mutilate 'myoo-tu,leyt
- Destroy or injure severely
"mutilated bodies";
- mar
- Damage or injure severely
"The madman mutilates art work";
- mangle, cut up
- Alter so as to make unrecognizable
"The tourists mutilated the French language";
- mangle, murder
Derived forms: mutilated, mutilating, mutilates
Type of: damage, distort, garble, maim, warp
Encyclopedia: Mutilate