How has it come about that we are prepared to describe a serious physical mutilation as a trivial adjustment?

Owing to an obscure bit of British law, the physical mutilation of a man who would otherwise be fit for military service was then illegal.

This was the first time since my capture that my physical mutilation had been revealed.

"We don't engage in physical mutilation for punishment in this country."

People treated with Chaulmoogra oil, although free of the disease, suffered great physical mutilations caused by leprous sores.

Then he said, "Aside from the obvious physical mutilations, there may be more that can be learned.

Some was composed for castrato, but physical mutilation of boys has, to say the least, fallen out of favor.

Others died from the severe physical mutilation that was caused by torture.

As much as anyone can come to terms with such physical mutilations.

She undergoes one brutal act after another, from gang rape, physical mutilation, to being locked in a cellar for days and watching a sacrificial killing.