mutilation
Example Sentences
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Those who suffered torture and other acts of mutilation will receive individualised rehabilitation programmes, it added.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
Halfway through college, Russell spent two months in Tanzania assisting a nonprofit that taught female genital mutilation survivors how to make clothes to support themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
It inspired his themes—war, fear, mutilation, endurance, courage, comradeship and death—and his laconic and stoical, virile and aggressive heroes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
"Such mutilation of the tree of life and the resulting loss of ecosystem services provided by biodiversity to humanity is a serious threat to the stability of civilization."
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2023
As he heard the voice his face brightened, through its mutilation, and he said:—
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
