/?mju?.t??l?e?.??n/theactofdamagingsomethingseverely,especiallybyviolentlyremovingapart:Headmittedto themurderand mutilation of 16youngmen.Sheviewscosmeticsurgeryasunwarrantedmutilation of thebody.theactofdestroyinganideaor apieceofartorentertainment:Mutilation ofbooksis anearlyuniversalproblemamongstpubliclibrarycollections.Thechangesinvolvedterriblemutilation of the opera'sscore.SeemutilateMore examples
Plasticsurgeryhasledto more mutilation of thebodythan has takenplaceat anytimeinhistory.
Thepracticecannot bedescribedas anything other than mutilation of achild.
Fighters in thefrontline, if theysurvived, oftensufferedawfulmutilations.
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