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mutilating

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present participle of mutilate

Synonyms & Antonyms of mutilating

to cause severe or permanent injury to

was lucky not to be mutilated in the car crash

Synonyms for mutilating

crippling,
disabling,
incapacitating,
laming,
maiming

Words Related to mutilating

dismembering,
hamstringing,
hobbling,
paralyzing

battering,
bruising,
bunging up,
mangling,
mauling,
roughing (up)

goring,
lacerating,
winging,
wounding

disfiguring,
scarring

kneecapping

breaking,
damaging,
harming,
hurting,
impairing,
injuring

bashing,
beating,
belting,
bludgeoning,
buffeting,
drubbing,
hammering,
lacing,
lambasting,
licking,
pasting,
pelting,
pommeling
(or pommelling),
pounding,
pummeling
(also pummelling),
thumping

banging,
boxing,
hitting,
punching,
slapping,
smacking,
smashing,
socking,
spanking,
swatting,
swiping,
thrashing,
thwacking,
whacking

flogging,
lashing,
walloping,
whipping

killing,
murdering

tormenting,
torturing

Near Antonyms for mutilating

curing,
healing,
rehabilitating,
remedying

doctoring,
fixing,
mending,
patching

rejuvenating,
renewing,
repairing,
restoring

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