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mutilated

mutilated is the simple past and past participle of mutilate.

Meaning of mutilate

Verb

mutilate (third-person singular simple present mutilates, present participle mutilating, simple past and past participle mutilated)

  1. To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
    • mutilated currency
  2. To destroy beyond recognition.
  3. (figuratively) To render imperfect or defective.
    • For two reasons then it is right to be content with that which happens to thee; the one, because it was done for thee and prescribed for thee, and in a manner had reference to thee, originally from the most ancient causes spun with thy destiny; and the other, because even that which comes severally...1862, George Long (translation of Marcus Aurelius), Meditations, Book V

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Adjective

mutilated

  1. Having undergone mutilation

Forms of mutilated

alternative formmut.

Words formed from mutilated

Questions about mutilated

What does mutilated mean?
Mutilated means having undergone mutilation.
What is mutilated the simple past and past participle of?
Mutilated is the simple past and past participle of mutilate.
What part of speech is mutilated?
Mutilated is an adjective.

Words near mutilated in the dictionary

  1. mutic
  2. muticous
  3. mutie
  4. muties
  5. mutilate
  6. mutilated
  7. mutilatee
  8. mutilatees
  9. mutilater
  10. mutilaters
  11. mutilates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mutilated (page history and authors); mutilate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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