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mutilate
Synonyms and Antonyms of mutilate
to cause severe or permanent injury to
dismember, hamstring, hobble, paralyze
batter, bruise, bung up, mangle, maul, rough (up)
break, damage, harm, hurt, impair, injure
bash, beat, belt, bludgeon, buffet, drub, hammer, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lick, paste, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, thump
bang, box, hit, punch, slap, smack, smash, sock, spank, swat, swipe, thrash, thwack, whack
Synonym Discussion of mutilate
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- maimed by a shark
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- crippled for life in an accident
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- a tree mutilated by inept pruning
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- an old ship battered by fierce storms
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- a soldier's leg mangled by shrapnel
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