English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "verminking" is die handeling om ernstige skade aan of misvorming van 'n deel van iemand se liggaam te veroorsaak, tipies deur 'n ledemaat of ander noodsaaklike deel af te sny of te verwyder. Dit kan ook verwys na die doelbewuste vernietiging of beskadiging van iets waardevol of belangrik, soos 'n kunswerk of 'n dokument.

Synonyms

  1. defacement
  2. disfiguration
  3. disfigurement

Sentence Examples

  1. The wild disorder of the room the corpse thrust, with the head downward, up the chimney the frightful mutilation of the body of the old lady these considerations, with those just mentioned, and others which I need not mention, have sufficed to paralyze the powers, by putting completely at fault the boasted acumen, of the government agents.
  2. It was her will that had created this army, and all the death and horror, all the agony and mutilation of this day was her responsibility.
  3. And that would explain the mutilation, he thought.
  4. Her mind filled with death and mutilation, the final screams of men in agony and a cloud of blood over all.

TV Series Examples

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GOT-01-05

l suffered an early mutilation myself.