mutilating

ˈmjuː.tɪ.leɪ.tɪŋ
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Translation of mutilating into German

Adjective

1.

injury

causing severe damage to a body part
  • The mutilating injury left him with permanent scars.Die verstümmelnde Verletzung hinterließ ihm bleibende Narben.
2.

imperfection

Rare
causing damage that makes something imperfect
Rare
verstümmelnd entstellend
  • The mutilating edits ruined the original artwork.Die verstümmelnden Bearbeitungen ruinierten das Originalkunstwerk.
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Synonyms and analogies of mutilating in English

Examples of mutilating in a sentence

  • A mutilating attack left the victim in critical condition.
  • The mutilating scratches devalued the antique table.
  • Mutilating remarks can deeply hurt someone's feelings.
mutilate
ˈmjutəˌleɪt
Verb
tr.
1.

alter drastically

destroy or alter something drastically
  • The editor mutilated the original manuscript..Der Redakteur hat das Originalmanuskript verstümmelt
2.

physical harm

physically harm by removing essential parts
  • The accident mutilated his hand severely.Der Unfall hat seine Hand schwer verstümmelt.

Expressions with mutilate: examples in English and translations in German

sich selbst verletzen
Some people self-mutilate when they feel emotional pain.

Translations of "mutilating" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adjective
verstümmeltadj.

The ideal of one civilization for all is impoverishing and mutilating us.

Das Ideal einer einzigen Zivilisation für alle verarmt und verstümmelt uns.

I don't want anybody mutilating my body after I die.

Ich will nicht, dass jemand meinen Körper verstümmelt, nach meinem Tod.

verstümmeln

Without mutilating the body of operations and chemotherapy.

Ohne den Körper von Operationen und Chemotherapie zu verstümmeln.

This includes mutilating and exploiting oneself.

Dazu gehört auch sich selbst zu verstümmeln und auszubeuten.

dieVerstümmelung

Unintentional mutilating was measured with more indulgence.

Die unabsichtliche Verstümmelung wurde mit mehr Nachsicht bemessen.

By mutilating one understands a separating or the injury of any part of the body.

Unter Verstümmelung versteht man das Abtrennen oder die Verletzung irgendeines Körperteiles.

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mutilating: Examples and translations in context

However, we are working from a mutilated and mutilating cartography.

Allerdings müssen wir hier von einer verstümmelten und verstümmelnden Kartografie ausgehen.

He had to be anaesthetised to stop him mutilating himself.

Er brauchte ein Anästhetikum, damit er sich nicht weiter verstümmelt.

Then he killed them by mutilating their reproductive organs.

Dann tötete er sie, indem er ihre Fortpflanzungsorgane verstümmelte.

Setting people on fire, cutting out their tongues, mutilating them...

Er verbrennt Menschen, schneidet Zungen heraus, verstümmelt...

We see a nation that is mutilating itself.

Wir sehen eine Nation, die sich selbst verstümmelt.

So he is mutilating cows to get their ovaries to feed to the mother of his soon-to-be-born child.

Also verstümmelt er Kühe, um mit deren Eierstöcken die Mutter und das Ungeborene zu füttern.

The dictator's response was to order the murder of the politician, after mutilating his tongue.

Die Antwort des Diktators bestand darin, den Mord an dem Politiker anzuordnen, nachdem er seine Zunge verstümmelt hatte.

mutilating our bodies, selling out to some hack tv show.

Wir verstümmeln unsere Körper, verkaufen uns an so eine Serie.

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