Synonyms for mutilate
Definitions
- v. 1
To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
Related words
- Word family
- mutilation
Forms
- Past participle
- mutilated
e.g. mutilated → maimed, mangled, dismembered, disfigured…
Example sentences
- maim If you try to stare down a bear, it will maim you.
- mangle How did Tom mangle his hand?
- dismember It's very unusual for a killer to dismember a body.
- disfigure Yanni went to great lengths to disfigure Skura's body.
By length
- 3 letters
- mar1
- 4 letters
- maim1
- 5 letters
- spoil1
- 6 letters
- murder2, injure2, mangle2, deface2, garble2
- 7 letters
- cripple2
- 9 letters
- dismember3, disfigure3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (murder2 = 2 syllables).