mutilate
verb (used with object)
to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts.
have mutilated
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present perfectof mutilate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“We have a full-size table at home,” he said, and could have mutilated his tongue that instant.
From The Camera Fiend by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
Even so, he said, we see the Soul, deformed by innumerable things that have done it harm, have mutilated and defaced it.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike
It is quite true that Tatian is stated to have mutilated some of St Paul's Epistles and rejected others.
From Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" by Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Then, as others have mutilated its sense, the tramp mutilates its form, and ho-boy becomes exultantly hobo.
From Moon-Face by Jack London
"Well," said Professor Young, "you two have mutilated a marvelous and unique specimen between you."
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 by Harry Bates
