英语词汇“mutilate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Mutilate is a verb that means to injure or ruin, usually in a brutal or messy way. If you drop a cantaloupe into a wood chipper, you'll mutilate that poor melon, with chunks of fruit and rind flying everywhere.

Mutilate can also mean altering an object so it's unrecognizable. Once you mutilate something, it'll no longer resemble its original form. Celebrities who get too much plastic surgery are said to mutilate their faces, because they no longer look like themselves. Mutilate can also describe causing a disfiguring injury. Monsters and evil villains in horror movies tend to mutilate their victims instead of neatly murdering them.

WORD FAMILY

mutilate: mutilated, mutilates, mutilating, mutilation, mutilator+/mutilated: unmutilated/mutilation: mutilations/mutilator: mutilators

USAGE EXAMPLES

These were the days of the mutilating super-radical mastectomy for certain breast cancers.

Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016)

It’s “Van Gogh’s Ear,” and its focus is the night in December 1888 when Vincent van Gogh apparently mutilated himself.

New York Times(Dec 07, 2016)

Photographs that later circulated online showed the mutilated body of what appeared to be the same man being dragged along a street.

New York Times(Dec 06, 2016)

1v destroy or injure severely

The madman mutilates art work

Syn|Hyper

cut up, mangle

damage

inflict damage upon

2v destroy or injure severely

mutilated bodies

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

mar

force out, gouge

force with the thumb

maim

injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation

3v alter so as to make unrecognizable

Syn|Hyper

mangle, murder

distort, falsify, garble, warp

make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

单词	mutilate
释义	mutilate (once / 1092 pages) v Mutilate is a verb that means to injure or ruin, usually in a brutal or messy way. If you drop a cantaloupe into a wood chipper, you'll mutilate that poor melon, with chunks of fruit and rind flying everywhere. Mutilate can also mean altering an object so it's unrecognizable. Once you mutilate something, it'll no longer resemble its original form. Celebrities who get too much plastic surgery are said to mutilate their faces, because they no longer look like themselves. Mutilate can also describe causing a disfiguring injury. Monsters and evil villains in horror movies tend to mutilate their victims instead of neatly murdering them. WORD FAMILY mutilate: mutilated, mutilates, mutilating, mutilation, mutilator+/mutilated: unmutilated/mutilation: mutilations/mutilator: mutilators USAGE EXAMPLES These were the days of the mutilating super-radical mastectomy for certain breast cancers. Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) It’s “Van Gogh’s Ear,” and its focus is the night in December 1888 when Vincent van Gogh apparently mutilated himself. New York Times(Dec 07, 2016) Photographs that later circulated online showed the mutilated body of what appeared to be the same man being dragged along a street. New York Times(Dec 06, 2016) 1v destroy or injure severely The madman mutilates art work Syn\|Hyper cut up, mangle damage inflict damage upon 2v destroy or injure severely mutilated bodies Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper mar force out, gouge force with the thumb maim injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation 3v alter so as to make unrecognizable Syn\|Hyper mangle, murder distort, falsify, garble, warp make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
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