ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Mutilation', Synonyms of 'Mutilation' & More on 'Mutilation'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

mutilation
    n 1: an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of
         a limb or other important body part

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mutilation \Mu`ti*la"tion\, n. [L. mutilatio: cf. F.
   mutilation.]
   The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated;
   deprivation of a limb or of an essential part.
   [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

MUTILATION, crim. law. The depriving a man of the use of any of those limbs, 
which may be useful to him in fight, the loss of which amounts to mayhem. 1 
Bl. Com. 130.

Thesaurus Results for mutilation:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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