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Definition of Mutilating
1. mutilate [v] - See also: mutilate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mutilating
Literary usage of Mutilating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Obstetrics for nurses by Joseph Bolivar De Lee (1906)
"Preparation for the mutilating Operations.— The nurse will prepare for ...
Instruments for craniotomy and all the mutilating operations on the child. ..."
2. The Penal Code of the State of California: Adopted February 14, 1872, with by California, James Henry Deering, Charles Howard Fairall (1915)
"Forging, Stealing, mutilating, and Falsifying Judicial and Public Records and
Documents. S 113. Larceny, destruction, etc., of records by officers having ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of National and State Banks: Including the Clearing by Harvey White Magee (1906)
"An act prescribing punishment for mutilating, uttering, or passing United States
coins. Be it enacted l>y the Senate and House of Representatives of the ..."
4. A Treatise on Federal Criminal Law Procedure by William Hawley Atwell (1916)
"Falsifying, mutilating, or lightening coinage. 166. Debasement of coinage by
officers of the mint. ... mutilating or defacing nat- tional bank notes. 177. ..."
5. Moral problems in hospital practice by Patrick A. Finney (1922)
"mutilating OPERATIONS WHICH ARE FORBIDDEN TO BE PERFORMED UPON A LIVING CHILD
The principal operations that are directly destructive of the life of the ..."
6. The Penal Code of California: Enacted in 1872, as Amended Up to and by California, James Henry Deering (1897)
"FORGING, STEALING, mutilating, AND FALSIFYING JUDICIAL AND PUBLIC RECORDS AND
DOCUMENTS. § 113. Larceny, destruction, etc., of records by officers. § 114. ..."