mutilation
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mutilation
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
Latin mutilatio; compare French mutilation.
noun mutilations
- 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 demanding an end to the ritual, writes the BBC's Geeta Pandey in Delhi.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: maiming, distortion, mayhem, disability, dismemberment, desecration, defamation, smear, cut, cutting, genital, girls, female, practice, fgm, circumcision
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noun act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
| Español | mutilación |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 切断 setsudan, 不具 fugu, 骨抜き honenuki |
| 中文 | 殘毀 /残毁 cánhuǐ, 殘割 /残割 cángē |
| Português | mutilação |
| Français | mutilation |
| Deutsch | Verstümmelung |
| Italiano | mutilazione |
| Română | csonkítás, mutilare |
| Русский | уве́чье uvéčʹje |
Talk about this word "mutilation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mutilation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. mutilation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mutilation "mutilation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mutilation.Cite this
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title = {mutilation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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