Synonyms:
mutilation
Meaning: an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part
Usage examples
Such incidents brought out in narration the fact that many of the men working with him had been less fortunate, particularly those who had experimented with the Roentgen X-ray, whose ravages, like those of leprosy, were responsible for the mutilation and death of at least one expert assistant.