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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | , past participle of mutilare, from mutilus 'mutilated' |
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mu‧ti‧late
[transitive]
[transitive]1 to severely and violently damage someone's body, especially by cutting or removing part of it : 
The prisoners had been tortured and mutilated.extra protection for mental patients who might mutilate themselves
The prisoners had been tortured and mutilated.extra protection for mental patients who might mutilate themselves2 to damage or change something so much that it is completely spoiled : The sculpture was badly mutilated in the late eighteenth century.
The sculpture was badly mutilated in the late eighteenth century. —mutilation
noun [uncountable and countable]
noun [uncountable and countable]
