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Definition: Mutilated |
MutilatedAdjective1. Badly injured, perhaps with amputation; "the maimed right hand twisted and clutched"- P.B.Kyne; "mutilated victims of the rocket attack". 2. Having a part of the body crippled or disabled. 3. (of compositions e.g.) "a mutilated text". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mutilated" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: MutilatedSynonyms: maimed (adj), mangled (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Incompleteness | Mutilated, garbled, docked, lopped, truncated. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Mutilated |
| English words defined with "mutilated": disgustedly ♦ mangled, Mutilous. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "mutilated": CANCELING AND CUTTING CONTROL CLERK, card processing clerk, coin teller, COIN-COUNTER-AND-WRAPPER, coin-machine operator, CREDIT CARD CONTROL CLERK, CURRENCY COUNTER, currency-machine operator ♦ DATA-EXAMINATION CLERK, Destroyed Medical Waste, Dione ♦ Explosion ♦ GUN-REPAIR CLERK ♦ Ku-Klux-Klan ♦ Olympian ♦ package opener ♦ Skopts, Skopti, STUBBER ♦ TELLER, VAULT. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "mutilated": Mutton ♦ trunk. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | We found the body after a hailstorm, horribly mutilated, dashed against a rock at the foot of the tower, under a window which was, uh, how shall I say this, I trust (Name der Rose, Der; writing credit: Andrew Birkin; Gérard Brach) He mutilated his face so terribly, that no one could stand to love him ever again. (The Phantom of the Opera; writing credit: Gerry O'Hara) He killed her and mutilated her and nothing is being done about it? (Vampire; writing credit: Steven Bochco; Michael Kozoll) | |
Lyrics | Little old lady got mutilated late last night (Werewolves of London; performing artist: Warren Zevon; writing credit: LeRoy P. Marinell, Waddy Wachtel and Warren Zevon) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Shriek of the Mutilated (1974) | |
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 | Amsterdam, Netherlands. A Dutch father, who had been severely wounded in his head, hand, and leg, stares in horror at the mutilated corpse of his little girl. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Treasury. A $75,000 wheelbarrow of mutilated money on way to vaults. Employee in picture has wheeled barrow 50 years. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | As damage caused to the peoples of the Allied and Associated Powers, all pensions and compensation in the nature of pensions to naval and military victims of war (including members of the air force), whether mutilated, wounded, sick or invalided, and to the dependents of such victims, the amount due to the Allied and Associated Governments being calculated for each of them as being the capitalised cost of such pensions and compensation at the date of the coming into force of the present Treaty on the basis of the scales in force in France at such date. (reference) |
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Civil Liberties | Bangladesh | On July 22, the police recovered the mutilated body of Ahsan Ali, the Rupganj correspondent of the Dhaka-based Bengali-language daily Jugantor, from the DND canal near the Gandharbapur High School in Rupganj. (references) |
Human Rights | Colombia | Seven of the men later were found dead and severely mutilated. (references) |
Mozambique | Rioters reportedly mutilated the bodies of the police officers. (references) | |
Women | Algeria | There were numerous incidents of women and girls being killed and mutilated in massacres. (references) |
Pakistan | There are numerous reports of women killed or mutilated by male relatives who suspect them of adultery. (references) | |
Australia | However, in the last few years, small numbers of girls from immigrant communities in which FGM is practiced have been mutilated. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | OLYMPIAN, adj. Relating to a mountain in Thessaly, once inhabited by gods, now a repository of yellowing newspapers, beer bottles and mutilated sardine cans, attesting the presence of the tourist and his appetite. His name the smirking tourist scrawls Upon Minerva's temple walls, Where thundered once Olympian Zeus, And marks his appetite's abuse. Averil Joop |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Mutilated" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Mutilated" is used about 140 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 50% | 70 | 39,981 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 31.43% | 44 | 51,500 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 18.57% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Total | 100.00% | 140 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "mutilated": be mutilated ♦ maimed mutilated ♦ mangled mutilated ♦ mutilated gear ♦ mutilated wheel. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
body mutilated | 10 |
mutilated | 9 |
body mutilated part picture | 7 |
body mutilated picture | 6 |
mutilated tit | 4 |
mutilated penis | 3 |
currency mutilated | 2 |
breast mutilated | 2 |
money mutilated | 2 |
cat mutilated | 2 |
meat monkey mutilated | 2 |
mutilated woman | 2 |
tomb of the mutilated | 2 |
body dead mutilated people | 2 |
shriek of mutilated | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "mutilated"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Albanian | gjymtohem (be mutilated, lame). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 切断 (Mutilate, Mutilating, Mutilation, sever, severance, severed, severing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | beschadigd bankbiljet (mutilated or damaged banknote). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | silpoutua (be mutilated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | mutilai, mutilée, mutilé, mutilèrent, mutila. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | verstümmelten, verstümmelte (garbled, maimed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megcsonkított (maimed, truncated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | gerumpung (deformed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | mutilato, monco (incomplete, maimed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 骨抜き (boned, watered down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ほねぬき (boned, watered down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | utilatedmay desfigurat (disfigured). (various references) калечить покалеченный. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | laceratus, lacero. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Mutilated" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mamillated, matilate, multilated, multiloaded, mustelae, mutiliated, mutualised, Mytilene, utilate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "mutilated" (pronounced myuw"tulā'tud) |
| 7 | -t u l ā' t u d | titillated, ventilated. |
| 6 | -u l ā' t u d | accumulated, annihilated, articulated, assimilated, calculated, capitulated, circulated, congratulated, correlated, crenelated, emulated, encapsulated, escalated, extrapolated, flagellated, formulated, inoculated, insulated, interpolated, isolated, manipulated, miscalculated, nonregulated, overregulated, populated, recalculated, reformulated, regulated, simulated, speculated, stimulated, stipulated, tabulated, unregulated. |
| 5 | -l ā' t u d | angulated, contemplated, emasculated, legislated. |
| 4 | -ā' t u d | abbreviated, abdicated, abrogated, accelerated, accentuated, acclimated, accommodated, activated, adjudicated, adulterated, advocated, affiliated, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, alienated, alleviated, allocated, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amputated, animated, anticipated, antiquated, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, aspirated, assassinated, associated, attenuated, authenticated, automated, backdated, bifurcated, caffeinated, calibrated, captivated, carbonated, castigated, castrated, celebrated, chlorinated, collaborated, commemorated, communicated, compensated, complicated, concentrated, confiscated, congregated, consecrated, consolidated, constipated, consummated, contaminated, cooperated, corroborated, corrugated, culminated, cultivated, deactivated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, degenerated, delegated, deliberated, delineated, demonstrated, denigrated, denominated, depreciated, desegregated, designated, deteriorated, detonated, devaluated, devastated, deviated, dictated, differentiated, dilapidated, discriminated, disintegrated, disseminated, dissipated, domesticated, dominated, donated, duplicated, educated, elevated, eliminated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emigrated, enumerated, enunciated, eradicated, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, eviscerated, exacerbated, exaggerated, exasperated, excavated, excommunicated, excoriated, exhilarated, exonerated, expropriated, exterminated, extricated, fabricated, facilitated, fascinated, federated, fixated, fluctuated, frustrated, generated, germinated, glaciated, graduated, gravitated, gyrated, halogenated, hesitated, humiliated, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impersonated, implicated, impregnated, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incorporated, inculcated, indicated, indoctrinated, infatuated, infiltrated, infuriated, initiated, innovated, instigated, integrated, interrogated, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, inundated, invalidated, investigated, invigorated, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, laminated, levitated, liberated, liquidated, litigated, located, lubricated, mandated, marinated, masturbated, mediated, medicated, migrated, misallocated, misappropriated, mitigated, moderated, motivated, mutated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, necessitated, negotiated, nominated, obligated, obliterated, officiated, operated, opinionated, orchestrated, orientated, originated, outdated, overestimated, overstated, oxygenated, participated, penetrated, perforated, permeated, perpetrated, perpetuated, pollinated, pontificated, precipitated, predicated, predominated, prefabricated, premeditated, prognosticated, proliferated, promulgated, propagated, punctuated, radiated, reactivated, reallocated, rebated, reciprocated, recreated, redecorated, reevaluated, refrigerated, regenerated, rehabilitated, reincarnated, reintegrated, reinvigorated, reiterated, rejuvenated, relegated, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, repatriated, replicated, repudiated, resonated, resuscitated, retaliated, reverberated, rotated, ruminated, salivated, saturated, segregated, separated, serrated, situated, sophisticated, stagnated, stalemated, subjugated, subordinated, substantiated, suffocated, syncopated, syndicated, terminated, tolerated, truncated, unadulterated, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, uncompensated, uncomplicated, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, underestimated, understated, undifferentiated, uneducated, unincorporated, uninitiated, unmitigated, unsaturated, unsophisticated, unsubstantiated, venerated. |
| 3 | -t u d | abated, abducted, abetted, aborted, abstracted, abutted, accented, accepted, accosted, accounted, accredited, acquainted, acquitted, acted, adapted, addicted, adjusted, admitted, adopted, affected, afflicted, affronted, airlifted, alerted, allotted, amounted, annotated, anted, appointed, arrested, assaulted, asserted, assisted, assorted, attempted, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, averted, awaited, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, catapulted, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, circuited, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collected, comforted, commented, committed, commuted, compacted, competed, complemented, completed, complimented, computed, conceited, concerted, concocted, conducted, conflicted, confronted, congested, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consented, consisted, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, contacted, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crested, crusted, darted, dated, daunted, debated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, dehydrated, dejected, deleted, delighted, delisted, demented, demoted, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, deregulated, desecrated, deserted, destructed, detected, detested, detracted, devoted, digested, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, discounted, discredited, disenchanted, disgusted, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, dissented, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, dusted, edited, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elicited, elongated, emitted, enacted, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, equated, erected, erupted, escorted, evicted, exacted, exalted, excepted, excerpted, excited, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhorted, existed, exited, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, extorted, extracted, extradited, extroverted, exulted, faceted, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, flabbergasted, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, gated, gifted, gloated, glutted, grafted, granted, grated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, halfhearted, hallucinated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, hunted, ignited, impacted, imparted, implanted, implemented, imported, imprinted, imputed, incited, indebted, indicted, indited, inducted, infected, infested, inflated, inflected, inflicted, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, injected, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instituted, instructed, insulted, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, interpreted, interrelated, interrupted, intersected, introverted, invented, inverted, invested, invited, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, lasted, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, listed, looted, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, manifested, marketed, masted, mated, melted, merited, meted, minted, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, modulated, molested, mounted, multifaceted, muted, nearsighted, negated, neglected, nested, netted, noted, objected, obstructed, omitted, opted, orbited, oriented, ornamented, ousted, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overrepresented, overweighted, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, perfected, permitted, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, polluted, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, predated, predicted, preempted, preexisted, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prohibited, projected, promoted, prompted, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, readjusted, readmitted, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebutted, recanted, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recruited, redacted, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, refitted, reflected, refuted, regimented, regretted, reignited, reinstated, reinstituted, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvited, rejected, related, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, rented, repainted, repeated, repented, replanted, reported, represented, reprinted, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotted, rusted, rutted, sainted, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, selected, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, sited, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sorted, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, started, stated, stilted, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, submitted, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, toasted, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unaffected, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompleted, unconnected, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, undetected, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unstated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, vented, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ultimated. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-l-m-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: altitude, latitude, mutilate, ultimate. | |
-2 letters: miauled, mutated. | |
-3 letters: almude, amulet, audile, dautie, detail, dilate, dilute, mailed, malted, matted, mauled, medial, milted, muleta, mutate, tailed, tauted, tedium, telium, tilted, titled, tuladi, ultima. | |
-4 letters: adieu, admit, adult, ailed, aimed, almud, amide, atilt, audit, datum, dealt, delta, demit, dulia, email, ideal, ileum, lamed, lated, latte, limed, lutea. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-l-m-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: stimulated. | |
+2 letters: midlatitude, multicoated, multitasked, tolbutamide. | |
+3 letters: matriculated, midlatitudes, multifaceted, multitracked, restimulated, tolbutamides. | |
+4 letters: documentalist, multistranded, multitalented, unmitigatedly. | |
+5 letters: documentalists, fundamentalist, misarticulated, multidialectal, multinucleated, outmanipulated, overstimulated, ultramodernist. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 75 74 69 6C 61 74 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- ..- - .. .-.. .- - . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01110101 01110100 01101001 01101100 01100001 01110100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M u t i l a t e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0075 0074 0069 006C 0061 0074 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)478786757867867170 |
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