Both Uses of
mutilate
in
She Said Yes
- There was endless talk about the "sexiness" of black clothes and makeup, the "fun" of contraband alcohol, marijuana, and self-mutilation, and the adventures of a classmate whose girlfriend went to "this satanic church, cult thing where you have to drink a kitten's blood to get in."†
p. 45.2mutilation = severe injury or damage
- Before she was obsessed with death rock and vampires and self-mutilation; now she was interested in photography (her favorite photographer was Dorothea Lange) and poetry and nature.†
p. 107.0 *
Definition:
severely injure or damage -- for example by cutting up