Synonyms:
mutilate, mangle, cut_up
Meaning: destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"
Usage examples
I cannot, therefore, dispose in any way of a man in my own person so as to mutilate him, to damage or kill him. (It belongs to ethics proper to define this principle more precisely, so as to avoid all misunderstanding, e. g., as to the amputation of the limbs in order to preserve myself, as to exposing my life to danger with a view to preserve it, etc.