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Added 10 October 2026

mutating

verb

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present participle and gerund of mutate

adjective

Causing or tending to cause mutation.
The mutating process that cells undergo can lead to cancer.
Having the ability to make changes to data other than its makeup.
The begin() member of std::string returns a mutating iterator.

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