Meanings
plural mutilations
- countableuncountableThe 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinmutilatio
- Englishmutilation
Latin mutilatio; compare French mutilation.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian осакатяване
- осакатяване (osakatjavane)act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Catalan mutilació
- mutilacióact of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Chinese Mandarin 殘毀 /残毁, 殘割 /残割
- 殘毀 /残毁 (cánhuǐ)act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
- 殘割 /残割 (cángē)act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Dutch verminking
- verminkingact of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Finnish silpominen, pahoinpitely
- silpominenact of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
- pahoinpitelyact of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
French mutilation
- mutilationact of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
German Verstümmelung
- Verstümmelungact of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Hungarian csonkítás
- csonkításact of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Indonesian mutilasi
- mutilasiact of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Italian mutilazione
- mutilazioneact of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Japanese 切断, 不具
- 切断 (setsudan)act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
- 不具 (fugu)act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
- 骨抜き (honenuki)act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Portuguese mutilação
- mutilaçãoact of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Romanian csonkítás, mutilare
- csonkításact of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
- mutilareact of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Russian уве́чье
- уве́чье (uvéčʹje)act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Spanish mutilación
- mutilaciónact of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Swedish stympning
- stympningact of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Turkish sakatlama
- sakatlamaact of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mutilation
Anagrams
Cite this entry
mutilation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutilation
“mutilation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutilation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mutilation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutilation.
Source: mutilation on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.