self-mutilation

And if this ritual self-mutilation sounds familiar, it might be because it used to be a trademark of some prominent Democrats.

The Phrygian Attis met his death, according to one legend, by self-mutilation under a sacred tree.

They see everything so clearly and with so little trouble, but at the price of sad self-mutilation.

They could reach their position only by pledging and keeping up unceasing and awful self-deprivation and self-mutilation.

Sometimes the animal throws off an arm to escape capture, and self-mutilation also occurs where unfavorable conditions exist.

If so, he was not liberal enough with his self mutilation, for the sacrifice of his little finger did not procure his discharge.