mutiliated

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Mutilated

Adjective:

1. Having been severely disfigured or damaged, especially by cutting off or destroying a part of the body.

Example sentence: The victim had a mutilated hand, evidence of a gruesome attack.

Verb (past tense):

1. The act of severely injuring or disfiguring someone or something, usually by cutting off or destroying a part of the body.

Example sentence: The criminal mutilated his victim's face beyond recognition.

Participial adjective:

1. Referring to a person, animal, or thing that has been subjected to mutilation.

Example sentence: The mutilated bodies of stray animals were found dumped on the roadside.

Noun:

1. A person who has been subjected to mutilation.

Example sentence: The story tells the tale of a young woman who managed to escape her captors and become a survivor instead of a mutilated.