mutilation

The young woman says she is still suffering from psychological damage as a result of the mutilation.
Egypt: Stop Mutilating Little Girls!|Bel Trew|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Genital mutilation is practiced in various forms across the African continent, from Nigeria to Somalia.
Egypt: Stop Mutilating Little Girls!|Bel Trew|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Click on Surfer Rosa or Doolittle or the Wave of Mutilation compilation.
The Pixies Talk About Their Reunion, New Music and a Missing Band Member|Andrew Romano|September 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Doctors said that the wounded director is deeply depressed about the mutilation.
The Dark Secrets of the Russian Ballet|Anna Nemtsova|January 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Genital mutilation, for example, is not a just a medical problem but a legal problem.
Female Judges From Around the Globe Convene in D.C.|Eve Conant|April 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
A person convicted of bearing false testimony suffers a mutilation of his extremities.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3)|Strabo
After this mutilation of his command, he had been ordered to Murfreesborough to recruit and organize a new brigade.
A Little Union Scout|Joel Chandler Harris
Some of them had fought around him for thirty years, and the farewell was a mutilation of their very lives.
Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh|George W. Foote
Great was the indignation of Rhode Island when the tidings of this arbitrary mutilation of her territory reached her.
A short history of Rhode Island|George Washington Greene
This mutilation has had a serious effect upon the proportions of the building, and induces a feeling of want of balance.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle|C. King Eley

Definition of mutilation