mutilation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part

WordNet


Mu`ti*la"tion noun
Etymology
L. mutilatio: cf. F. mutilation.
Definitions
  1. The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part.

Webster 1913