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mutilate
1. v. To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
2. v. To destroy beyond recognition.
3. v. (figuratively) To render imperfect or defective.
4. adj. (obsolete) Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
5. adj. (zoology) Having fin-like appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean does.

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She notes that very devout Catholics in places such as the Philippines mutilate themselves as an act of worship.

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