מִשְׁחַת (māšĕḥāt) is a Hebrew noun meaning disfigurement. It appears 2 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4893).

Also rendered

• corruption
• mutilation

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2370c)

Root family 2370: שָׁחַת šāḥat — destroy, corrupt

• שָׁחַת šāḥat — go to ruin
• מַשְׁחִית mašḥît — ruin
• מַשְׁחֵת mašḥēt — destruction

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