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Verb: mutilate  'myoot`leyt
  1. Destroy or injure severely
    "The madman mutilates art work"
    - mangle, cut up
     
  2. Alter so as to make unrecognizable
    - mangle, murder
     
  3. Destroy or injure severely
    "mutilated bodies"
    - mar

Derived forms: mutilating, mutilates, mutilated

See also: mutilation, mutilator

Type of: damage, distort, falsify, garble, maim, warp

Encyclopedia: Mutilate

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Mutawa
Mutawa'een
mutchkin
mute
mute swan
muted
mutely
muteness
muti
mutilate
mutilated
mutilation
mutilator
Mutillidae
mutineer
mutinous
mutinously
Mutinus
Mutinus caninus
mutiny