Definitions for mutilate

mutilate mu·ti·late

Spelling: [myoot-l-eyt]
IPA: /ˈmyut lˌeɪt/

Mutilate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 237 anagrams from letters in mutilate (aeilmttu).

Definitions for mutilate

verb (used with object)

  1. to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts:
  2. to deprive (a person or animal) of a limb or other essential part.

Origin of mutilate

1525-35; Latin mutilātus (past participle of mutilāre to cut off, maim), equivalent to mutil(us) maimed, mutilated + -ātus -ate1

Examples for mutilate

If we wrong it, and despise it, we mutilate the divine in ourselves.

The passage is too long to quote, and it would be unfair to mutilate it.

Thus man's hand permits him to improve or mutilate his body.

But that herd belongs to the lawyer, and I've taught him, now, to mutilate our horses.

Do not stir them and mutilate them with a spoon, but turn them into a colander and drain.

What if she maim and mutilate all the animals in her Noah's Ark?

Care should be taken not to mutilate trees in taking these specimens.

With cynical cruelty, he set himself to insult, to undermine, to mutilate it.

But if she could not bear the idea of becoming ugly, she could at least mutilate herself.

Do not cut off heads, ears, or noses, or mutilate in any way.

Word Value for mutilate
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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