MUTILATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something

Example:

he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape

Synonyms:

defacement; disfiguration; disfigurement; mutilation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("mutilation" is a kind of...):

damage; harm; hurt; scathe (the act of damaging something or someone)

Meaning:

An injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("mutilation" is a kind of...):

accidental injury; injury (an accident that results in physical damage or hurt)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mutilation"):

dismemberment; taking apart (the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces)

Derivation:

mutilate; mutilate (destroy or injure severely)