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mutilation - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'mutilation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Mutilation [ n.]
- The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part.

Meaning of 'mutilation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . mutilation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
Example in sentence:
  • he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape;
  • the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion

Nearby Words:

mutability mutable mutableness mutably mutacism mutage mutanda mutandum mutation mutch

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