mutilar — meaning in English

English meaning

• maim verb To injure someone so severely that part of their body is permanently damaged or disabled.
• mangle verb To damage something badly by crushing, tearing, or cutting it out of shape.
• mutilate verb To severely damage or disfigure something, often by cutting off a part.

Senses

mutilar is used for these senses in English:

• maim To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
• mangle (transitive) To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
• mutilate To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.

mangle — full definition

1. verb To damage something badly by crushing, tearing, or cutting it out of shape.
2. verb To ruin or badly botch something, such as words or a piece of work.
3. noun A hand-cranked device with rollers used to wring water out of wet laundry.

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