8 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
verb destroy or injure severely
verb alter so as to make unrecognizable
verb destroy or injure severely
originLearned borrowing from Latin mutilātus, the perfect passive participle of mutilō (“to mutilate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), itself from mutilus (“maimed”).
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