At one time it had apparently been an ape, but had been modified in hideous ways.

They trap, plunder minds, use bodies in hideous ways, and toss the carcasses into a fire pit.

They fancied there were powers behind it which must be pleased, soothed, flattered, and this very often in a number of hideous ways.

The fierce passions of those who dwell there are represented at the same time in horrible and hideous ways that I forbear to describe.

Probably they would have tortured him in one of the many hideous ways the Chinese knew so well, and then put him to death.