mutilations
Acts of disfigurement
Mutilations are acts of severe damage or disfigurement, typically to bodies.
The word implies violent removal or destruction of parts: The coroner documented the mutilations on the victim.
Mutilation extends to non-physical damage—the mutilation of a text through heavy-handed editing, or the mutilation of a landscape by development.
The plural often emphasizes multiple wounds or instances of destruction.
Marred physical appearance
- dismembermentRemoval of limbs
- amputationSurgical limb removal
- scarringPermanent mark formation
- maimingInflicting disabling wounds
wounding · laceration · severing · cutting · mangling · defacement · trauma · injury
Foreskin surgical removal
- scarificationIntentional shallow skin cuts
- FGMExcision of female genitalia
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
tribal · ceremony · branding · piercing · body modification · rites · cultural · traditional
Dividing via sharp edge
- self-injuryIntentional damage to oneself
- scarringPermanent mark formation
- woundsBodily tissue damage
- slashingCutting with force
burning · scratching · deliberate · psychological · compulsive · inflicted · coping · scars
Official content restriction
- redactionObscuring sensitive text
- editingRefining content for clarity
- bowdlerizationSanitizing offensive literary content
- expurgationRemoval of offensive content
abridgment · alteration · distortion · corruption · tampering · excision · deletion · cutting
disfigurement
Marred physical appearance
- dismembermentRemoval of limbs
- amputationSurgical limb removal
- scarringPermanent mark formation
maiming · wounding · laceration · severing · cutting · mangling · defacement · trauma · injury · gashing
circumcision
Foreskin surgical removal
- scarificationIntentional shallow skin cuts
- FGMExcision of female genitalia
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
initiation · tribal · ceremony · branding · piercing · body modification · rites · cultural · traditional · marking
cutting
Dividing via sharp edge
- self-injuryIntentional damage to oneself
- scarringPermanent mark formation
- woundsBodily tissue damage
slashing · burning · scratching · deliberate · psychological · compulsive · inflicted · coping · scars · razors
censorship
Official content restriction
- redactionObscuring sensitive text
- editingRefining content for clarity
- bowdlerizationSanitizing offensive literary content
expurgation · abridgment · alteration · distortion · corruption · tampering · excision · deletion · cutting · butchering
mutilationswholeness
Complete, undivided state
intactness · preservation · completeness · soundness · integrity
mutilationsrestorations
Acts of renewing condition
reconstructions · repairs · healings · regenerations · regeneration
- female genital mutilationCutting of girls' genitals
- cattle mutilationUnexplained surgical animal deaths
- genital mutilationCutting of intimate organs