mutilate
adjective
1. (obsolete) Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
2. (zoology) Having fin-like appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean does.
verb
1. To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
- The madman mutilates art work
Similar word(s): mangle
Definition categories: change, damage
2. alter so as to make unrecognizable
Similar word(s): mangle, murder
Definition categories: change, distort, falsify, garble, warp
3. destroy or injure severely
- mutilated bodies
Similar word(s): mar