definition of
mutilate

[1] #1 mutilate v. [mangle, cut up] destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work". wn

[2] #2 mutilate v. [mangle, murder] alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language". wn

[3] #3 mutilate v. [mar] destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies". wn