mutilate
v[Tn]
injure, damage or disfigure (sb/sth) by breaking, tearing or cutting off a necessary part (折斷、 撕去、 割掉某部分)使(某人[某事物])損傷, 殘缺, 外形損毀
The invaders cut off their prisoners' arms and legs and threw their mutilated bodies into the ditch. 侵略者把俘虜的四肢砍掉, 然後把殘缺不全的軀體扔進溝里.
A madman mutilated the painting by cutting holes in it. 有個瘋子破壞了那幅畫, 在上面捅了許多窟窿.
(fig 比喻) The editor mutilated my text by removing whole paragraphs from it. 那編輯把我的文稿整段整段刪掉, 弄得面目全非.