Definitions for mutilation
mu·ti·la·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mutilationnoun

   an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mutilationnoun

   The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated

2. Etymology: mutilatio, compare French mutilation.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mutilationnoun

   Deprivation of a limb, or any essential part.

   Etymology: mutilation, Fr. mutilatio, from mutilo, Lat.

   The subject had been oppressed by fines, imprisonments, mutilations, pillories, and banishments. Edward Hyde.

   Mutilations are not transmitted from father to son, the blind begetting such as can see: cripples, mutilate in their own persons, do come out perfect in their generations. Brown.

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1. mutilation

   Mutilation is the act of causing severe damage or alteration to someone or something, typically by physically removing or destroying a part of it. This term is often used in relation to acts of violence, harm or abuse towards a person or an animal, and can include both intentional and accidental inflictions. It can also be used metaphorically to describe severe changes or modifications on non-physical entities such as documents or artworks.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mutilationnoun

   the act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part

2. Etymology: [L. mutilatio: cf. F. mutilation.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mutilation

   Mutilation or maiming is an act of physical injury that degrades the appearance or function of any living body, sometimes causing death.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mutilation

   The crime of self-maiming to avoid serving.

Matched Categories

1. • Injury

Anagrams for mutilation »

1. ultimation

How to pronounce mutilation?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mutilation in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mutilation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of mutilation in a Sentence

1. Pope Francis on Saturday:

   The many forms of slavery, the commercialization, and mutilation of the bodies of women, call out to us to be committed to defeat these types of degradation that reduce them to mere objects that are bought and sold ....

2. Amnesty International:

   Soldiers and militias subjected Tigrayan women and girls to rape, gang rape, sexual slavery, sexual mutilation and other forms of torture, often using ethnic slurs and death threats, given the context, scale, and gravity of the sexual violence committed against women and girls in Ethiopias Tigray, the violations amount to war crimes and may amount to crimes against humanity.

3. Stephanie Baric:

   Typically seen in the form of physical or emotional abuse, rape or kidnapping, honor violence also includes harmful practices such as female genital mutilation( FGM) and forced marriage. In extreme cases, murder, in sharp contrast with domestic violence, families and communities often condone honor violence, which makes Honor Violence more difficult to identify and stop.

4. Rao Gupta:

   Determining the magnitude of female genital mutilation is essential to eliminating the practice, when governments collect and publish national statistics on FGM they are better placed to understand the extent of the issue and accelerate efforts to protect the rights of millions of girls and women.

5. Eric Schmidt:

   I don’t see how anyone who believes in the rule of law and the rights of women could do anything other than support efforts to end female-genital mutilation, forced marriage and honor-killings -- practices that have no place in the 21st century.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mutilation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mutilation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=mutilation
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutilation
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=mutilation
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=mutilation