mutilate

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• /ˈmjuː.tɪˌleɪt/
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• /ˈmjuː.tɪ.lət/
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Learned borrowing from Latin mutilātus, the perfect passive participle of mutilō (“to mutilate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), itself from mutilus (“maimed”).

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شَوِهَ (šawiha) — To physically harm as to impair use
• Arabic: بَتَرَ (batara) — To physically harm as to impair use
• Arabic: جَذَعَ (jaḏaʕa) — To physically harm as to impair use
• Arabic: جَدَعَ (jadaʕa) — To physically harm as to impair use
• Bulgarian: осакатявам (osakatjavam) — To physically harm as to impair use
• Chinese Mandarin: 殘害 /残害 (cánhài) — To physically harm as to impair use
• Chinese Mandarin: 殘毀 /残毁 (cánhuǐ) — To physically harm as to impair use
• Danish: lemlæste — To physically harm as to impair use
• Dutch: verminken — To physically harm as to impair use
• Estonian: moonutama — To physically harm as to impair use
• Finnish: pahoinpidellä — To physically harm as to impair use
• Finnish: runnella — To physically harm as to impair use
• French: mutiler — To physically harm as to impair use
• Old French: desmembrer — To physically harm as to impair use
• Galician: mutilar — To physically harm as to impair use
• German: verstümmeln — To physically harm as to impair use
• German: verschandeln — To physically harm as to impair use
• Ancient Greek: κολοβόω (kolobóō) — To physically harm as to impair use
• Japanese: 切断する (setsudan suru) — To physically harm as to impair use
• Japanese: ばらばらにする (barabara ni suru) — To physically harm as to impair use
• Japanese: 不具にする (fugu ni suru) — To physically harm as to impair use
• Latin: discerpō — To physically harm as to impair use
• Macedonian: осакатува (osakatuva) — To physically harm as to impair use
• Old English: hamelian — To physically harm as to impair use
• Portuguese: mutilar — To physically harm as to impair use
• Romanian: mutila — To physically harm as to impair use
• Romanian: schilodi — To physically harm as to impair use
• Russian: уве́чить (uvéčitʹ) — To physically harm as to impair use
• Russian: кале́чить (kaléčitʹ) — To physically harm as to impair use
• Russian: уро́довать (uródovatʹ) — To physically harm as to impair use
• Serbo-Croatian: сакатити — To physically harm as to impair use
• Serbo-Croatian: sakatiti — To physically harm as to impair use
• Serbo-Croatian: sakatiti — To physically harm as to impair use
• Spanish: mutilar — To physically harm as to impair use
• Swedish: stympa — To physically harm as to impair use
• Bulgarian: повреждам (povreždam) — To destroy beyond recognition
• Dutch: verminken — To destroy beyond recognition
• Dutch: verhakkelen — To destroy beyond recognition
• Finnish: ruhjoa — To destroy beyond recognition
• Finnish: runnella — To destroy beyond recognition
• Finnish: silpoa — To destroy beyond recognition
• Irish: loit — To destroy beyond recognition
• Latin: lacerō — To destroy beyond recognition
• Macedonian: обезличува (obezličuva) — To destroy beyond recognition
• Romanian: devasta — To destroy beyond recognition
• Spanish: mutilar — To destroy beyond recognition
• Dutch: verminken — To render imperfect or defective
• Finnish: turmella — To render imperfect or defective
• Finnish: tärvellä — To render imperfect or defective
• Japanese: 骨抜きにする (honenuki ni suru) — To render imperfect or defective
• Macedonian: оштетува (oštetuva) — To render imperfect or defective
• Romanian: mutila — To render imperfect or defective