mutilated
/ˈmjutəleɪtɪd/
adjective
- Severely damaged or injured, especially by having a body part cut off or destroyed.
- The mutilated body of the victim was found in the forest.
- Rescuers found a mutilated bird that had been attacked by a cat.
- The mutilated soldier was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery.
- Severely damaged or spoiled, as in an object or text.
- The mutilated sculpture was barely recognizable as a human figure.
- The mutilated manuscript was missing several important pages.
- He returned the mutilated book to the library, apologizing for the damage.
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