Mutilate



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 残害; 切断
• ［英］ v. 残害 ( to injure or disfigure)
• ［记］ mutil ( 砍掉) +ate;
• ［同］ 参考: maim ( 伤残)
• ［例］ She was mutilated in the accident and has only one leg.

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (-lated; -lating)

• Etymology: Latin mutilatus, past participle of mutilare, from mutilus truncated, maimed
• Date: 1534
• 1. to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect <the child mutilated the book with his scissors>
• 2. to cut off or permanently destroy a limb or essential part of ; cripple
• Synonyms: see maim
• ? mutilation noun
• ? mutilator noun

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