Mutilation means to severely damage or hurt a part of someone's body. It can also refer to causing disfigurement or harm to an object or to nature. Full definition
Reports of cruel and humiliating punishment, genital mutilation of girls, neglect, sexual abuse, homicide, and other forms of violence against children have long been recorded, but the grave and urgent nature of this global problem has only recently been revealed. (globaleducationmagazine.com)
«Her face smashed with an iPad, her body beaten, and forced to abort a baby girl, this is only some of the domestic abuse my constituent Lola Ilesanmi has faced by her estranged husband - because she has refused the genital mutilation of their daughter. (politics.co.uk)
If encouraged to continue, the behavior may persist into adulthood and can progress to obsessive - compulsive extremes, resulting in self mutilation. (petbehavior.org)