Sentence examples for chopping off of from inspiring English sources

Chopping off of a robber's hands and feet has generally deterred those inclined toward banditry.

These have included stoning to death for adultery and the chopping off of hands for theft, along with severe restraints on women's rights and provisions subjugating them to the will of men.

He describes scenes of an eight-year-old child being shot through the temple, of the chopping off of fingers, ears and lips, of babies being tossed into ovens, of bodies doused with petrol and set alight, of train lines "scattered with bloodied, limbless trunks, arms, legs, and severed heads".

The problem is that, even if we take out the stoning, the chopping off of hands and the "honour" killing, a code of law that claims its authority from long-standing religious tradition is likely to be reactionary in general and restrictive of the rights of women in particular.

It alleges that Mr Taylor was complicit in the Revolutionary United Front rebel group's campaign against civilians, which included mutilation, usually the chopping off of arms or hands, and the abduction of women and girls as sex slaves and men and boys as soldiers.

Amputation of body parts as a punishment is well known throughout the world where many cultures have been far more liberal towards the chopping off of various parts of the body as punishment, or for other non-medical reasons, rather than in order to restore health (Capart 1899-1900, Ackerknecht 1947, Brothwell and Moller-Christensen 1963a).

What will be chopped off of whom, and when?

This was obviously as natural as breathing for some, and an ordeal in the order of chopping off one of their own fingers for others.

This right-side bias persisted even after the scientists chopped off one of the bugs' sensitive antennae, used to sense touch and smells.

Now, only hours after the Sunni Muslim Saudis chopped off the heads of 47 of their enemies – including a prominent Shia Muslim cleric – the Saudi appointment is grotesque.

In some equipment, this disparity can create problems like chopping off part of the image.