mutilation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Latin mutilatio; compare French mutilation.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.
The cruel practice of female genital mutilation is banned in many countries globally, but it remains widespread among the Bohras - a small Muslim community in India. Now, some Bohra women have started a campaign demanding an end to the ritual, writes the BBC's Geeta Pandey in Delhi.
2015 December 23, “Indian women who are fighting to stop genital mutilation”, in BBC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mutilations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
genital mutilation · self-mutilation
Hyponyms
female genital mutilation · male genital mutilation
Relateds
Translations (23)
pt mutilação (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · hu csonkítás (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · ca mutilació (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · fr mutilation (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · cmn 殘毀 /残毁 (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · id mutilasi (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · cmn 殘割 /残割 (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · tr sakatlama (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · fi pahoinpitely (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · kk мертігу (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · es mutilación (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · ja 骨抜き (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · fi silpominen (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · ro mutilare (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · ja 不具 (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · sv stympning (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · de Verstümmelung (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · bg осакатяване (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · ru уве́чье (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · ja 切断 (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · ro csonkítás (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · it mutilazione (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated) · nl verminking (act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated)