'Mutilate' definitions:
Definition of 'mutilate'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Mutilate'
From: GCIDE
- Mutilate \Mu"ti*late\, a. [L. mutilatus, p. p. of mutilare to mutilate, fr. mutilus maimed; cf. Gr. ?, ?. Cf. Mutton.]
- 1. Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) Having finlike appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mutilate'
From: GCIDE
- Mutilate \Mu"ti*late\, n. (Zool.) A cetacean, or a sirenian. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mutilate'
From: GCIDE
- Mutilate \Mu"ti*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mutilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Mutilating.]
- 1. To cut off or remove a limb or essential part of; to maim; to cripple; to disfigure; to hack; as, to mutilate the body, a statue, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To destroy or remove a material part of, so as to render imperfect; as, to mutilate the orations of Cicero. [1913 Webster]
- Among the mutilated poets of antiquity, there is none whose fragments are so beautiful as those of Sappho. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Mutilated gear, Mutilated wheel (Mach.), a gear wheel from a portion of whose periphery the cogs are omitted. It is used for giving intermittent movements. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mutilate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrade,
- abscind,
- alter,
- amputate,
- annihilate,
- ban,
- bar,
- bark,
- blemish,
- bloody,
- bob,
- break,
- burn,
- butcher,
- castrate,
- chafe,
- change,
- check,
- chip,
- claw,
- clip,
- crack,
- craze,
- cripple,
- crop,
- cull,
- cut,
- cut away,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- damage,
- deface,
- defoliate,
- deform,
- denude,
- desexualize,
- destroy,
- disable,
- disfigure,
- dismember,
- disproportion,
- dock,
- draw and quarter,
- eliminate,
- enucleate,
- eradicate,
- except,
- excise,
- exclude,
- extinguish,
- extirpate,
- fix,
- flay,
- fracture,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- fret,
- gall,
- gash,
- geld,
- hurt,
- incise,
- injure,
- isolate,
- knock off,
- lacerate,
- lame,
- lop,
- maim,
- make mincemeat of,
- mangle,
- mar,
- maul,
- mayhem,
- misshape,
- neuter,
- nip,
- pare,
- peel,
- pick out,
- pick to pieces,
- pierce,
- prune,
- pull apart,
- puncture,
- rend,
- rip,
- rip off,
- root out,
- ruin,
- rule out,
- run,
- rupture,
- savage,
- scald,
- scorch,
- scotch,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scuff,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- shave,
- shear,
- shred,
- skin,
- slash,
- slit,
- spoil,
- sprain,
- stab,
- stamp out,
- stick,
- strain,
- strike off,
- strip,
- strip off,
- take apart,
- take off,
- take out,
- tear,
- tear apart,
- tear off,
- tear to pieces,
- tear to tatters,
- traumatize,
- truncate,
- unsex,
- vandalize,
- wipe out,
- wound,
- wrench