mutilation

The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.

Noun

  1. The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.
    • The cruel practice of female genital mutilation is banned in many countries globally, but it remains widespread among the Bohras - a small Muslim community in India. Now, some Bohra women have started a campaign...

Origin

Latin mutilatio; compare French mutilation.

Forms

mutilations

Hyponyms

female genital mutilation male genital mutilation

Related

body modification

Derived

genital mutilation self-mutilation