multilator

Definition

1. Noun:
   • One who mutilates: A "multilator" is a person who injures, damages, or disfigures someone or something, typically by cutting off or destroying a part.

Usage Examples

• (A person who caused severe physical injury.)
• (Someone who damages valuable objects.)

Advanced Usage

• "Multilator of truth": A metaphorical use, meaning someone who distorts or corrupts facts or information.
  • The journalist was accused of being a multilator of truth, editing quotes to change their meaning. (A person who deliberately alters information.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mutilate (verb): to injure, damage, or disfigure by removing or destroying a part.
  • The accident mutilated his hand. (The accident severely damaged his hand.)
• Mutilation (noun): the act or result of mutilating.
  • The mutilation of the statue was a crime against art. (The damaging of the statue was a serious offense.)
• Mutilator (noun, variant spelling): alternative spelling of "multilator," though "multilator" is less common and may be a misspelling; standard form is "mutilator."
  • The mutilator left a trail of damaged property. (A person who causes damage.)

Synonyms

• Defacer: one who spoils the appearance of something, especially by marking or cutting.
  • A defacer of public monuments was caught on camera. (A person who damages public property.)
• Maimer: one who causes serious injury, especially by cutting or disabling.
  • The maimer of livestock was finally identified. (A person who injures animals.)

Related Idioms

• To cut off one's nose to spite one's face: to act in a way that harms oneself more than others, similar to self-mutilation.
  • By refusing help, he cut off his nose to spite his face. (He hurt his own interests out of stubbornness.)