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Word: Mutilate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
early 16th century: from Latin mutilat- ‘maimed, mutilated, lopped off’, from the verb mutilare, from mutilus ‘maimed’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmjuːtɪleɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on
Short Definition:inflict violent and disfiguring injury on
Examples:- most of the prisoners had been mutilated
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