Meanings
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1
noun
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.
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noun
an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part
Etymology
Latin mutilatio; compare French mutilation.