mutilate
🇺🇸
/ˈmjuːtɪleɪt/
🇬🇧
/ˈmjuːtɪleɪt/
verb
R
to severely harm or damage by cutting or tearing
The criminal was caught after he mutilated his victim.
R
to badly damage something, especially by cutting
The vandals mutilated the artwork by slashing it with a knife.
translation
to severely harm or damage by cutting or tearing; to badly damage something, especially by cutting
Word Forms
3rd Present
mutilates
Past
mutilated
Perfect
mutilated
Progressive
mutilating