mutilate
verb (used with object)
to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts.
are mutilating
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present progressiveof mutilate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It was “The Deer Hunter,” and not CNN, that most vividly illuminated for me the sources of the volatility and the fury that are mutilating contemporary politics.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2016
