Associations to the word «Mutilate»

Wiktionary

MUTILATE, verb. To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
MUTILATE, verb. To destroy beyond recognition.
MUTILATE, verb. (figuratively) To render imperfect or defective.
MUTILATE, adjective. (obsolete) Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
MUTILATE, adjective. (zoology) Having fin-like appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean does.

Dictionary definition

MUTILATE, verb. Destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work".
MUTILATE, verb. Alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language".
MUTILATE, verb. Destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats