Mutilation is an English word with synonyms like injury. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Mutilation meaning
The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.
Synonyms of Mutilation
Using Mutilation
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.
- Useful related words include: injury, accidental injury.
- In the example corpus, mutilation often appears in combinations such as: genital mutilation, mutilation fgm, mutilation and.
Context around Mutilation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mutilation
- In this selection, "mutilation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, genital, self, torture, fgm, gender and legal stand out and add context to how "mutilation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include female genital mutilation and a cattle mutilation and sharpe. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mutilation" sits close to words such as airbags, akure and aman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mutilation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He also ordered the mutilation and killing of his cousin and vizier, Fateh Khan. (14 words)
Still, for Ms. Nangiro, there was little reason to be concerned about female genital mutilation. (15 words)
A renowned activist, she herself is a survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage. (16 words)
Now, it has emerged that the victim, who kept the mutilation a secret for 13 years until confiding in her English teacher at the age of 16, appeared at the Old Bailey to plead for Noor not to be jailed. (40 words)
The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 5.3 aims to end child marriage in girls by 2030 as part of a global commitment to “eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation”. (39 words)
Such logic has no basis in international law or in the laws of war and would produce absurd outcomes: A killing for a killing, a mutilation for a mutilation, a beheading for a beheading, a rape for rape. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Such logic has no basis in international law or in the laws of war and would produce absurd outcomes: A killing for a killing, a mutilation for a mutilation, a beheading for a beheading, a rape for rape.
Intissar was only 10 years old when she was forced to undergo female genital mutilation, but 30 years later, one clinic is offering help for some of the millions of Egyptian women affected by the still-rampant practice.
It followed comments he made about transgender people including that it was a 'fashion' fad and that gender re-assignment surgery was 'self-mutilation'.
Masooma Ranalvi was in her thirties when she came across an article on female genital mutilation (FGM).
The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 5.3 aims to end child marriage in girls by 2030 as part of a global commitment to “eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation”.
Trans activists gathered in the Oklahoma Capitol Monday to protest legislation that would prohibit the sterilization and mutilation of children.
Allam’s rejoicing in the mass killing, rapes and mutilation that defined Oct. 7 were an obvious signal to Australian politicians to avoid any contact with her—but they didn’t.
A reminder is useful: The Hamas orgy of rape, torture, mutilation and murder was accompanied by the transport of 241 people from Israel to the Gaza Strip — most living, some already dead.
A renowned activist, she herself is a survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage.
A woman convicted of handing over a three-year-old British girl for female genital mutilation (FGM) during a trip to Kenya in a legal first has been jailed for seven years.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
Furthermore, harmful traditional practices such as female genital mutilation, gender-based violence, and child marriage remain prevalent.
He also ordered the mutilation and killing of his cousin and vizier, Fateh Khan.
If these actions lead to mutilation of the animal, a fine of one thousand (1000) to one thousand five hundred (1500) manats will be imposed.
In one instance, a monkey was found missing some fingers and toes, possibly caused by self-mutilation, legal papers claimed.
Later, she added: “What the Progress flag says to me is one monstrous thing: that I was a member of a government that presided over the mutilation of children in our hospitals”.
Makabe hit a hard forearm to the back of the neck, then he applied a Cattle Mutilation, and Sharpe immediately tapped out.
Now, it has emerged that the victim, who kept the mutilation a secret for 13 years until confiding in her English teacher at the age of 16, appeared at the Old Bailey to plead for Noor not to be jailed.
Still, for Ms. Nangiro, there was little reason to be concerned about female genital mutilation.
The Anti-corruption agency disclosed that he was detained for mutilation and will be arraigned in court at the end of the investigation.
Common combinations with mutilation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- genital mutilation 46×
- mutilation fgm 16×
- mutilation and 16×
- the mutilation 10×
- and mutilation 9×
- mutilation of 9×
- mutilation that 4×
- mutilation is 3×
- mutilation for 2×
- for mutilation 2×