The young woman says she is still suffering from psychological damage as a result of the mutilation.
Click on Surfer Rosa or Doolittle or the Wave of mutilation compilation.
Doctors said that the wounded director is deeply depressed about the mutilation.
No mutilation, no gore; just an effacement—prompt and absolute—'there wasn't any.'
And his fate was to be vengeance of a like mutilation of his own fair cheeks!
He was told that his mutilation and imprisonment had been illegal!
mutilation of a vanquished enemy is common among these Islanders.
Among slaves perjury was punished by mutilation and whipping.
The history of the mutilation is characteristic of the days of the Regency.
My dear fellow, I have no more power to stop that mutilation of my books than you have.
1520s, in Scots law, "act of disabling or wounding a limb," from Middle French mutilation and directly from Late Latin mutilationem (nominative mutilatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin mutilare "to cut or lop off," from mutilus "maimed," which perhaps is cognate with Greek mytilos "hornless." Of things, "a destroying of unity by damaging or removing a part," from 1630s.
1530s, of things; 1560s, of persons; from Latin mutilatus, past participle of mutilare "to cut off, lop off, cut short; maim, mutilate," from mutilus "maimed" (see mutilation). Technically, to deprive of some principal part, especially by cutting off. Related: Mutilated; mutilating.
mutilation mu·ti·la·tion (myōōt'l-ā'shən)
n.
Disfigurement or injury by removal or destruction of a conspicuous or essential part of the body.
