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1. mutilation
noun. ['ˌmjuːtəˈleɪʃən'] an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part.
Synonyms
- dismemberment
- taking apart
- injury
Antonyms
- service
Etymology
- mutilatio (Latin)
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Words that Rhyme with Mutilation
- deinstitutionalization
- institutionalization
- self-congratulation
- antidiscrimination
- telecommunication
- nondiscrimination
- misrepresentation
- mischaracterization
- internationalization
- industrialization
- decriminalization
- transillumination
- self-determination
- renationalization
- recapitalization
- prestidigitation
- misinterpretation
- misidentification
- miscommunication
- experimentation
- excommunication
- disqualification
- discontinuation
- denationalization
- decentralization
- transplantation
- singularization
- self-perpetuation
- securitization
- reinterpretation
Example sentences of the word mutilation
1. Noun, singular or mass
Is declawing a lifesaving surgery or unnecessary mutilation?
Quotes containing the word mutilation
1. When the body escaped mutilation, seldom did the heart go to the grave unscarred.
- Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room