n. The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a necessary or important part, as a limb.
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n. an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part
Word Usage
"While all along I sat with the dinky volksie steering wheel clamped in my white clenched fists, racking my brain for some county that had the word mutilation or perdition in it, up or down the little wooden hill to which etc."