mutilated

Thân thiện

A soldier returned from the war with a mutilated hand.

Definition

1. 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.

Synonyms

• Maimed: Injured so that part of the body is permanently damaged.
• Disfigured: Spoiled in appearance; marred.
• Crippled: Severely damaged or impaired, especially in function.
• Mangled: Severely mutilated, torn, or crushed.

Antonyms

• Intact: Not damaged or impaired in any way; complete.
• Whole: In one piece; undamaged.
• Unharmed: Not harmed or injured.

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).

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having a part of the body crippled or disabled

Từ đồng nghĩa

• maimed