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to genitally mutilate

to genitally mutilate

9.9
To cut or injure a person's private parts without their permission
  • phrasal verb
  • /ˈdʒɛnɪtəli ˈmjuːtɪleɪt/
  • Offensive
translation icon : mutilar los genitales
  • Perhaps you don't know much about babies, but babies don't choose or agree to be genitally mutilated.

Examples

  • One girl didn't care if she was considered unmarriageable for not being genitally mutilated, because, "Any man who marries me is lucky!"

  • Perhaps you don't know much about babies, but babies don't choose or agree to be genitally mutilated.

  • Like millions of women in African and Eastern cultures, Tashi has been genitally mutilated, a tradition that predates the pyramids of Egypt and continues to this day.

Synonyms

to mutilate
vsto genitally mutilate
  • NSFW
73 7.4

Damage something by cutting or removing parts so it looks ruined

targets sexual organs specifically rather than harming objects or general body parts

How Harmful

genital torture
  • Offensive
9.9
to genitally mutilate
  • Offensive
9.9
to amputate
  • Specialized
48 7.2
to maim
  • NSFW
35 7.0

Surface Forms

genitally mutilate infinitive
genitally mutilated past
genitally mutilated past participle
genitally mutilating present participle
genitally mutilates third person singular

Morphology

genitally + mutilate

The meaning is directly compositional: 'genitally' specifies the anatomical target and 'mutilate' means to damage severely, so together they clearly mean to mutilate the genital organs. This modifier+verb pattern is literal and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Genitally mutilate is a direct phrase: genitally points to the 'private parts' and mutilate means 'to cut or damage badly'. It is used for harmful, often forced procedures that hurt or remove parts of the genitals, so it means 'to injure or remove someone's genitals'.