mutilate

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de gravement endommager ou défigurer quelque chose ou quelqu'un, souvent en coupant ou en retirant des parties; au sens figuré, altérer ou déformer de manière substantielle.

A verb used to indicate the act of severely damaging or disfiguring something, especially by cutting or removing parts.

1. Severely injure or damageB2formal

   To inflict serious damage or injury upon a person or animal, often by removing or destroying a body part.

   mutiler

   • The accident mutilated his leg beyond repair.
   • The animal was found mutilated in the forest.
   • The explosion mutilated several victims.

   Synonymesbatterbutchercrippledisabledisfiguredismemberhacklaceratemaimmangle

   Antonymeshealmendrepairtreat

2. Alter to make unrecognizableB2formal

   To change something so drastically that its original form or meaning is lost.

   Déformer au point de rendre méconnaissable

   • The editor mutilated the author's original text.
   • The painting was mutilated by clumsy restoration attempts.
   • The speech was mutilated by poor translation.

   Synonymesbutcherdefacedisfiguredistortmangle