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mutilate
v[Tn]
injure, damage or disfigure (sb/sth) by breaking, tearing or cutting off a necessary part (折断、 撕去、 割掉某部分)使(某人[某事物])损伤, 残缺, 外形损毁
The invaders cut off their prisoners´ arms and legs and threw their mutilated bodies into the ditch. 侵略者把俘虏的四肢砍掉, 然後把残缺不全的躯体扔进沟里.
A madman mutilated the painting by cutting holes in it. 有个疯子破坏了那幅画, 在上面捅了许多窟窿.
(fig 比喻) The editor mutilated my text by removing whole paragraphs from it. 那编辑把我的文稿整段整段删掉, 弄得面目全非.
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