mutilate
1. [ verb ] destroy or injure severely
Synonyms: cut_up disfigure mangle
Examples:

"The madman mutilates art work"

Related terms: damage deface maimer
2. [ verb ] alter so as to make unrecognizable
Synonyms: murder mangle
Examples:

"The tourists murdered the French language"

Related terms: falsify disfigure
3. [ verb ] destroy or injure severely
Synonyms: mar
Examples:

"mutilated bodies"

Related terms: maim gouge mutilation
Similar spelling:   mutilated
  mutilator
  mutilation
  mutillidae