Mutilation or maiming (from the Latin: mutilus) is severe damage to the body that has a subsequent harmful effect on an individual's quality of life. [1] In the modern era, the term has an overwhelmingly negative connotation, [1] [2] referring to alterations that render something inferior, dysfunctional, imperfect, or ugly. [3] [4] More @Wikipedia
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