"mutilization" meaning in English

See mutilization in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: mutilizations [plural]
Etymology: From mutilate + -ization. Perhaps influenced by brutalization and utilization. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mutilate|ization}} mutilate + -ization Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mutilization (countable and uncountable, plural mutilizations)
  1. Misconstruction of mutilation. Tags: alt-of, countable, misconstruction, uncountable Alternative form of: mutilation

Inflected forms

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