mutilate

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mu·ti·late /ˈmjuːtəleɪt/ verb [transitive]  1  INJUREto severely and violently damage someone’s body, especially by cutting or removing part of it 残害〔某人的身体〕，使断肢，使伤残 The prisoners had been tortured and mutilated. 犯人遭受了酷刑并被殴打致残。 extra protection for mental patients who might mutilate themselves 对可能自残的精神病患者的额外保护2  DAMAGEto damage or change something so much that it is completely spoiled 完全损毁；使支离破碎 The sculpture was badly mutilated in the late eighteenth century. 雕像在十八世纪末受到严重破坏。 —mutilation /ˌmjuːtəˈleɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb table

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mutilate• Mariama was the first woman in the village to stand up against the traditional practice and refused to have her daughters mutilated.• Police in Prague thought the pics were of real mutilated bodies.• Blood poured down from her mutilated face.• Two shells fell shortly before 9 p. m. that night, killing 74 people and injuring or mutilating nearly 200 more.• A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it.• First, the sisters mutilate their feet to make the slipper fit.• The third group includes patients who mutilate themselves, usually in the context of a serious psychiatric illness.• With other mutilated veterans in Rumania, later, he had been thrown from a moving train.Origin mutilate (1500-1600) Latin past participle of mutilare, from mutilus “mutilated”

mu·ti·late verbChineseSyllable  

and violently by body, to damage severely someone’s cutting Corpus especially

mutilate
mu‧ti‧late /ˈmjuːtəleɪt, ˈmjuːtɪleɪt/ verb [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
2. to damage or change something so much that it is completely spoiled:
    The sculpture was badly mutilated in the late eighteenth century.
—mutilation /ˌmjuːtəˈleɪʃən, ˌmjuːtɪˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]

mu·ti·lateBrE /ˈmjuːtɪleɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmjuːtɪleɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they mutilate BrE /ˈmjuːtɪleɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmjuːtɪleɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it mutilates BrE /ˈmjuːtɪleɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmjuːtɪleɪts/ 🔊past simple mutilated BrE /ˈmjuːtɪleɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmjuːtɪleɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle mutilated BrE /ˈmjuːtɪleɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmjuːtɪleɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form mutilating BrE /ˈmjuːtɪleɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmjuːtɪleɪtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb/sth to damage sb's body very severely, especially by cutting or tearing off part of it 使残废；使残缺不全；毁伤◆The body had been badly mutilated. 尸体被严重毁伤。🔊🔊~ sth to damage sth very badly 严重损毁；毁坏 SYN vandalize ◆Intruders slashed and mutilated several paintings. 闯进来的人毁坏了好几幅油画。🔊🔊▸ mu·ti·la·tion BrE /ˌmjuːtɪˈleɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmjuːtɪˈleɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] ◆Thousands suffered death or mutilation in the bomb blast. 在炸弹爆炸事件中，数千人被炸死，或成为残废。🔊🔊