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mutilation

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mu·ti·late  (mytl-t)
tr.v. mu·ti·lat·ed, mu·ti·lat·ing, mu·ti·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 mutilre, mutilt-, from mutilus, maimed.]
muti·lation n.
muti·lative adj.
muti·lator n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mutilationmutilation - an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part
accidental injury, injury - an accident that results in physical damage or hurt
dismemberment, taking apart - the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces
mutilation
noun maiming, injuring, dismembering, disfiguring, disfigurement They reported cases of torture and mutilation.
Translations
mutilation [ˌmjuːtɪˈleɪʃən] N → mutilación f
mutilation [ˌmjuːtɪˈleɪʃən] n → mutilation f
mutilation
n → Verstümmelung f; (of painting, building etc) → Verschandelung f (inf)
mutilation [ˌmjuːtɪˈleɪʃ/ən] n → mutilazione f
mutilation [ˌmjuːtɪˈleɪʃ/ən] n → mutilazione f


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When they heard Napoleon's proclamation offering them, as compensation for mutilation and death, the words of posterity about their having been in the battle before Moscow, they cried "Vive l'Empereur
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Tiny mentioned this mutilation quite casually--didn't seem sensitive about it.
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That he was already dead I could not but be convinced, and yet I would have saved his body from mutilation at the hands of the Apaches as quickly as I would have saved the man himself from death.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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