mutilation
mutilation noun: the act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.
Noun
mutilation (countable and uncountable, plural mutilations)
- 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
mutilation meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
mutilation in Tamil
- சின்னாபின்னம், அங்கம் நீக்கல், உறுப்புச்செயல் அழித்தல், விரசெயலிழத்தல்
mutilation in Urdu
- کانٹ چھانٹ
mutilation in Bengali
- অঙ্গচ্ছেদ, বিকলাঙ্গকরণ, বিকৃতি
mutilation in Telugu
- mutilation, the state of being impaired, defect
- వైకల్యము vaikalyamu
More languagesFewer languages
- mutilation in Malayalam
- അംഗഭംഗം aṅgabhaṅgaṁ
- mutilation in Indonesian
- mutilasi
Forms of mutilation
| plural | mutilations |
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Origin of mutilation
Latin mutilatio; compare French mutilation.
Words formed from mutilation
Phrases with mutilation
Words that rhyme with mutilation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about mutilation
- What does mutilation mean?
- Mutilation means the act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.
- What is mutilation in Tamil?
- Mutilation in Tamil is சின்னாபின்னம், அங்கம் நீக்கல், உறுப்புச்செயல் அழித்தல். See Mutilation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mutilation?
- Mutilation is a noun.
- What is the plural of mutilation?
- The plural of mutilation is mutilations.
Words near mutilation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mutilation (page history and authors); mutilation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mutilation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mutilation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); వైకల్యము (Telugu) (page history and authors); അംഗഭംഗം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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