Mutilate
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

MAR
A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"

CUT
With parts removed; "the drastically cut film"

4 letters

KILL
The destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"

FLAW
An imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness

SLAY
Kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

TEAR
An occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"

REND
Tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

FLAY
Strip the skin off

SLIT
A long narrow opening

MAIM
Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"

MAUL
A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

HACK
Kick on the shins

RUIN
Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

HASH
Purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen

HARM
The act of damaging something or someone

HURT
The act of damaging something or someone

LAME
A fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress"

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SLICE
Hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction

ALTER
Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"

SLASH
A strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

INJUR

BREAK
An escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned"

CUTUP
Significantly cut up a manuscript

BOTCH
An embarrassing mistake

WRECK
A ship that has been destroyed at sea

SULLY
French statesman (1560-1641)

TRASH
Dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"

CARVE
Cut to pieces; "Father carved the ham"

GUMUP
Stick together as if with gum; "the inside of the pipe has gummed up"

SPOIL
Treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

CRUSH
The act of crushing

DESEX
Make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"

UNSEX
Remove the qualities typical of one's sex; "She unsexed herself"

WOUND
The act of inflicting a wound

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NEUTER
Having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs

GARBLE
Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

MISHAP
An instance of misfortune

FOULUP
Make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

HASHUP

DEFORM
Become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"

MURDER
Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

MANGLE
Clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers

DEFACE
Mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"

WEAKEN
Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"

BATTER
A liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking

BRUISE
Injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my knee"

DAMGAE

DAMAGE
Any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

RAVAGE
(usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease"

MUCKUP
Soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"

MESSUP
Disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"

IMPAIR
Make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"

BUNGUP

STRIKE
A conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"

7 letters

BLUNDER
An embarrassing mistake

SCRATCH
(golf) a handicap of zero strokes; "a golfer who plays at scratch should be able to achieve par on a course"

TORTURE
The deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"

TARNISH
Discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation

BLEMISH
A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"

DISTORT
Affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"

DESTROY
Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

LOUSEUP
Make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

SCREWUP
Make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

CONTORT
Twist and press out of shape

BUTCHER
Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

DISABLE
Injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"

CRIPPLE
Someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back

8 letters

STERLIZE

MISSHAPE

SEPARATE
A garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

CASTRATE
A man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem"

MAKEUGLY

AMPUTATE
Remove surgically; "amputate limbs"

DEMOLISH
Humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"

ULTIMATE
Being the last or concluding element of a series; "the ultimate sonata of that opus"; "a distinction between the verb and noun senses of `conflict' is that in the verb the stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable"

LACERATE
Cut or tear irregularly

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DISMEMBER
Separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist"

DISFIGURE
Mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"

EXPURGATE
Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"

HAMSTRING
Cripple by cutting the hamstring

VANDALIZE
Destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park"

SLAUGHTER
The killing of animals (as for food)

STERILIZE
Make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"

10 letters

EMASCULATE
Remove the testicles of a male animal

DILAPIDATE
Fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"

BOWDLERIZE
Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"

OBLITERATE
Reduced to nothingness

ADULTERATE
Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"

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MISREPRESENT
Tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"