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MUTILATION
defacement, disfigurement, disfiguration, mutilation
(noun) the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; “the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion”; “he objected to the dam’s massive disfigurement of the landscape”
mutilation
(noun) an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mutilation (countable and uncountable, plural mutilations)
The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.
Hyponyms
• female genital mutilation
• male genital mutilation
Anagrams
• ultimation
Source: Wiktionary
Mu`ti*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. mutilatio: cf. F. mutilation.]
Definition: The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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