mutilate
verb (used with object)
to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts.
was mutilating
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past progressiveof mutilate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Young Graham wore his most businesslike tone to say this, and his eyes were on the paper-knife wherewith he was mutilating his nice clean blotter pad on the desk.
From The Enchanted Barn by Grace Livingston Hill
