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)
- To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
- mutilated currency
- To destroy beyond recognition.
- 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
Adjective
mutilated
- Having undergone mutilation
Forms of mutilated
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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
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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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