mayhem
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈmeɪhɛm/
- NSFW
:
mutilación
- The court found him guilty of mayhem for deliberately severing the victim's finger during the altercation.
- mayhem charge
- aggravated mayhem
- felony mayhem
Examples
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The strobe lights flicker as the mayhem mounts.
Fiction book (1998) -
They have contributed nothing but mayhem, murder, and misery to the world.
Blog text (18) -
And was charged with mayhem.
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The defendant stands accused of one murder and one act of mayhem.
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I am going to find him, Brandt, and when I do, he will be called upon to answer for every wanton act of mayhem he is responsible for.
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By some savage twist of fate, Richard Jewell has been wrongfully and falsely accused of murder and mayhem.
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Men faced all of these charges except mayhem, as well as those for manslaughter, escape, aiding runaways, robbery, and insurrection.
Academic text (2009) -
The jury listened to the evidence before convicting the defendant of mayhem for causing permanent injuries to his opponent.
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The charge of mayhem included accusations of intentionally mutilating the victim with a weapon.
Synonyms
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8.4
Severe injury that removes a body part or badly changes how someone looks
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8.7
Cutting a person, animal, or object into pieces
How Serious
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1.6
- NSFW
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9.6
- NSFW
25
7.9
- NSFW
87
7.6
- Specialized
378
4.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mayhem originally meant a serious physical 'injury'. It comes from an old French word and is related to the English verb maim ('to injure'), so the legal sense of mayhem is about purposely crippling or mutilating someone.