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Definition of: mutilate
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′tə·lāt) v.t. ·lat·ed, ·lat·ing
1. To deprive (a person, animal, etc.) of a limb or essential part; maim.
2. To damage or injure by the removal of an important part or parts: to mutilate a speech. [<L mutilatus, pp. of mutilare maim <mutilus docked, maimed]
—mu′ti·la′tion noun
—mu′ti·la′tive adjective
—mu′ti·la′tor noun
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