Mutilation

noun

noun ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something wordnet
  3. 3
    an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part wordnet

Synonyms

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defacementabrasionabscissionamputationannihilationbankruptcy

Example

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"By some estimates, over 130 million women and girls have been subjected to female genital mutilation, particularly in African and Middle Eastern countries."

Etymology

Latin mutilatio; compare French mutilation.

Related phrases

genital mutilationself-mutilationbody modification

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