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Noun: mutilation  ,myoo-tu'ley-shun
  1. An injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part
     
  2. The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
    - defacement, disfigurement, disfiguration

Derived forms: mutilations

Type of: accidental injury, damage, harm, hurt, injury, scathe [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Mutilation