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mutilate

mu.ti.late \'myu:t-*l-.a-t\ \.myu:t-*l-'a--sh*n\ \'myu:t-*l-.a-t-*r\ vt [L 
   mutilatus, pp. of mutilare, fr. mutilus mutilated; akin to] L muticus 
   docked, OIr mut short 1: to cut off or permanently destroy a limb or 
   essential part of : CR IPPLE 2: to cut up or alter radically so as to make 
   imperfect  - mu.ti.la.tion n