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Mutilated vs Mutilates - What's the difference?

mutilated | mutilates |

As verbs the difference between mutilated and mutilates

is that mutilated is (mutilate) while mutilates is .

As an adjective mutilated

is =.

mutilated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (mutilate)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • =

    • Alternative forms

    * (abbreviation)

    mutilates

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mutilate)

    • Anagrams

    * *

    mutilate

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
  • To destroy beyond recognition.
  • (figuratively) To render imperfect or defective.

    • Synonyms

    * maim * mangle

    Derived terms

    * mutilation * mutilative * mutilator

    See also

    * amputate, amputation * castrate, castration * circumcise, circumcision

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
    • (Sir Thomas Browne)
  • (zoology) Having fin-like appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean does.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Alternative forms

    * (abbreviation)

    Anagrams

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