Both Uses of
mutilate
in
The Old Man and the Sea
- He did not like to look at the fish anymore since he had been mutilated. When the fish had been hit it was as though he himself were hit.
*mutilated = disfigured (severely damaged)
- He did not want to think of the mutilated under-side of the fish.†
Definition:
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(mutilate) severely injure or damage -- for example by cutting up