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Word entry · 8 letters

mutilate

Best crossword clue

"Severely damage"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈmjuː.tɪˌleɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aeilmttuStarts with MEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. destroy or injure severely

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • mutilated currency
  • Little old lady got mutilated late last night Werewolves of London again.
  • mutilate and semi-bodies

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