mutilate

(myo̵̅o̅t′'l āt′)

to cut off or damage a limb or other important part of (a person or animal)
to damage, injure, or otherwise mar, esp. by removing an essential part or parts: to mutilate a book by censorship

Origin: < L mutilatus, pp. of mutilare, to maim, mutilate < mutilus, maimed; akin to Ir mut, short

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See mutilate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb mu·ti·lat·ed, mu·ti·lat·ing, mu·ti·lates

To deprive of a limb or an essential part; cripple.
To disfigure by damaging irreparably: mutilate a statue. See Synonyms at batter¹.
To make imperfect by excising or altering parts.

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Origin: Latin mutilāre, mutilāt-

Origin: , from mutilus, maimed

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