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Mutilation

The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.

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    The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.

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maimingnounThe act by which somebody is maimed.

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maimingnounThe act by which somebody is maimed.
distortionnounA misrepresentation of the truth.
mayhemnounA state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos.
disabilitynoun(uncountable) The state of having such a condition; the state of being disabled.
dismembermentnoun(countable) The act of dismembering.
desecrationnounAn act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.
defamationnounThe act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
smearnounA mark made by smearing.
cutnoun(literal, figurative) The act of cutting.
cuttingnoun(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
genitalnoun(rare, chiefly in the plural) A genital organ.
girlsnoun(slang, women's speech) A woman's breasts.
femalenounOne of the female (feminine) sex or gender.
practicenounRepetition of an activity to improve a skill.
fgmnounInitialism of female genital mutilation. [The complete amputation or partial cutting of the vulva.]
circumcisionnounThe surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
womennounThe fourth sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
amputationnounsurgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
membernounOne who belongs to a group.
excisionnoun(surgery) The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting.

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