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mutilate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmjuː.tɪˌleɪt/
• /ˈmjuː.tɪ.lət/
• /ˈmjuː.tɪ.lɪt/

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, obsolete) Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
   • mutilate and semi-bodies 1642, [Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici, London: […] Andrew Crooke, →OCLC:
2. (archaic, not-comparable) Having fin-like appendages or flukes instead of legs, like a cetacean does.

Forms

mutilate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmjuː.tɪˌleɪt/
• /ˈmjuː.tɪ.lət/
• /ˈmjuː.tɪ.lɪt/

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. Something that has been mutilated.

Forms

Relateds

circumcision · amputation · amputate · circumcise · castration · castrate

mutilate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmjuː.tɪˌleɪt/

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
   • MANILA — The Philippine military said on Wednesday that troops had found the mutilated bodies of 17 civilians in the besieged southern city of Marawi, where government forces have been struggling to dislodge militants who have entrenched themselves for the last month. 2017 June 23, Felipe Villamor, “Philippine Military Says 17 Mutilated Civilian Bodies Found in Marawi”, in The New York Times:
   • mutilated currency
   • Little old lady got mutilated late last night Werewolves of London again. 1978, “Werewolves of London”, in Warren Zevon, LeRoy Marinell and Waddy Wachtel (music), Excitable Boy, performed by Warren Zevon:
2. To destroy beyond recognition.
3. (figuratively) To render imperfect or defective.
   • For two reasons then it is right to be content with that which happens to thee; the one, because it was done for thee and prescribed for thee, and in a manner had reference to thee, originally from the most ancient causes spun with thy destiny; and the other, because even that which comes severally to every man is to the power which administers the universe a cause of felicity and perfection, nay even of its very continuance. For the integrity of the whole is mutilated, if thou cuttest off anything whatever from the conjunction and the continuity either of the parts or of the causes. And thou dost cut off, as far as it is in thy power, when thou art dissatisfied, and in a manner triest to put anything out of the way. 1862, George Long (translation of Marcus Aurelius), Meditations, Book V:

Forms

Deriveds

mutilation · mutilatee · mutilater · mutilator · mutilative

Synonyms

mangle · maim

Translations (52)

fi silpoa (To destroy beyond recognition) · da lemlæste (To physically harm as to impair use) · ro devasta (To destroy beyond recognition) · sh sakatiti (To physically harm as to impair use) · ja 不具にする (To physically harm as to impair use) · ar بَتَرَ (To physically harm as to impair use) · sv stympa (To physically harm as to impair use) · la lacerō (To destroy beyond recognition) · fi runnella (To destroy beyond recognition) · ru уро́довать (To physically harm as to impair use) · de verstümmeln (To physically harm as to impair use) · ar جَذَعَ (To physically harm as to impair use) · mk осакатува (To physically harm as to impair use) · nl verminken (To physically harm as to impair use) · es mutilar (To physically harm as to impair use) · gl mutilar (To physically harm as to impair use) · ja 骨抜きにする (To render imperfect or defective) · ru кале́чить (To physically harm as to impair use) · la discerpō (To physically harm as to impair use) · ro schilodi (To physically harm as to impair use) · et moonutama (To physically harm as to impair use) · cmn 殘毀 /残毁 (To physically harm as to impair use) · ang hamelian (To physically harm as to impair use) · fr mutiler (To physically harm as to impair use) · ar جَدَعَ (To physically harm as to impair use) · fi pahoinpidellä (To physically harm as to impair use) · ja ばらばらにする (To physically harm as to impair use) · ro mutila (To physically harm as to impair use) · bg осакатявам (To physically harm as to impair use) · ja 切断する (To physically harm as to impair use) · ru уве́чить (To physically harm as to impair use) · sh сакатити (To physically harm as to impair use) · mk обезличува (To destroy beyond recognition) · nl verminken (To destroy beyond recognition) · bg повреждам (To destroy beyond recognition) · grc κολοβόω (To physically harm as to impair use) · fi turmella (To render imperfect or defective) · de verschandeln (To physically harm as to impair use) · mk оштетува (To render imperfect or defective) · pt mutilar (To physically harm as to impair use) · ga loit (To destroy beyond recognition) · fi runnella (To physically harm as to impair use) · fro desmembrer (To physically harm as to impair use) · ro mutila (To render imperfect or defective) · fi tärvellä (To render imperfect or defective) · es mutilar (To destroy beyond recognition) · sh sakatiti (To physically harm as to impair use) · fi ruhjoa (To destroy beyond recognition) · nl verhakkelen (To destroy beyond recognition) · nl verminken (To render imperfect or defective) · cmn 殘害 /残害 (To physically harm as to impair use) · ar شَوِهَ (To physically harm as to impair use)