badly mutilate
Frequency: 8.00.5 per million words
to damage something severely by violent action.
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Examples (10)
- A lot of the bodies had been badly mutilated.
- The ancient manuscript was badly mutilated by fire.
- The car was badly mutilated in the accident.
- Vandals had badly mutilated the statue in the park.
- His reputation was badly mutilated by the false accusations.
- The historical document had been badly mutilated over the centuries.
- She was shocked to see how badly the painting had been mutilated.
- The attacker badly mutilated the victim's face.
- They found the evidence badly mutilated beyond recognition.
- The explosion badly mutilated the building's facade.