mutilated

Definition

Adjective:
- Severely damaged or injured, especially by having a body part removed or irreparably harmed: Describes something, typically a living being or sometimes an object, that has been violently disfigured or deprived of an essential part, resulting in a state of being crippled or disabled.
- Appearing as if parts are missing or destroyed: Can describe objects or abstract things that have been so severely altered or damaged that their original form or function is lost.

Examples of Usage

Adjective:
- The soldier returned from the war mutilated, having lost a leg and an arm.
- The ancient statue was found mutilated, with its head and arms broken off.
- She felt emotionally mutilated by the betrayal.

Advanced Usage

"to be mutilated beyond recognition": to be damaged so severely that identification is impossible.
- The car was mutilated beyond recognition in the crash.
Used in legal/forensic contexts to describe evidence or a crime scene.
- The documents were deliberately mutilated to hide the truth.

Variants and Related Words

Mutilate (verb): To inflict severe damage on; to destroy the use or appearance of a part of.
- Vandals mutilated the painting.
Mutilation (noun): The act of mutilating or the condition of being mutilated.
- The mutilation of the body was a key piece of evidence.

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Related Phrases/Idioms

While there is no common idiom with the exact word "mutilated," the concept is central to phrases like:
- "To cut to pieces": To destroy or criticize severely (can be literal or figurative).
  - The critic cut the new play to pieces in his review. (Figurative usage implying severe criticism, akin to mutilating its reputation).

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