Mutilate
Mutilate verb - To cause severe or permanent injury to.
Usage example: was lucky not to be mutilated in the car crash
Torture and mutilate are semantically related In some cases you can use "Torture" instead a verb "Mutilate".
Nearby Words: mutilation, mutilating
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- But it's hard to sympathize with the guy who gets his yard wrecked and his shoes pooped on when he proceeds to torture and mutilate the fluffies.
Source: Web Original / Fluffy Pony - The Villain Protagonists in The Final are a group of teen outcasts who torture and mutilate their school's popular kids as revenge for a lifetime of humiliation.
Source: Black And Gray Morality / Film - Deadly Doctor: The Private Eye uses surgical skills to torture and mutilate small-time criminals and homeless people.
Source: Comic Book / Marshal Law
Cite this Source
Torture and Mutilate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mutilate/torture
Mutilate & Torture. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/mutilate/torture>.
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