Mutilate: meaning, definitions and examples

criminal

To inflict serious damage on something or someone, typically resulting in disfigurement or loss of function.

damage, destroy, maim, mangle

Examples of usage

• They mutilated the statue by chipping off its nose.

• The victim was brutally mutilated by the attacker.

• The documents were mutilated beyond recognition.

• The criminal mutilated the victim's body beyond repair.

• The artwork was mutilated beyond restoration.