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mutilate

verb

Meaning

  1. To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
  2. To destroy beyond recognition.
  3. To render imperfect or defective.
  4. Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
  5. Having fin-like appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean does.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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