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disfigure

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dis·fig·ure  (ds-fgyr)
tr.v. dis·fig·ured, dis·fig·ur·ing, dis·fig·ures
To mar or spoil the appearance or shape of; deform.

[Middle English disfiguren, from Old French desfigurer : des-, dis- + figure, figure (from Latin figra, shape; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots).]

dis·figu·ration, dis·figure·ment n.
dis·figur·er n.

disfigure
Verb
[-uring, -ured] to spoil the appearance or shape of
disfigurement n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.disfigure - mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"
mar, deflower, impair, vitiate, spoil - make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"
mangle, maul - injure badly by beating
pock, scar, pit, mark - mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"

disfigure
2. mar, distort, blemish, deface, make ugly, disfeature
Translations
Spanish disfigure [dɪsˈfɪgəʳ] vtdesfigurar
French disfigure [dɪsˈfɪgəʳ] vtdéfigurer
German disfigure [dɪsˈfɪgəʳ] vtentstellen;
(object, place) → verunstalten

Italian disfigure [dɪsˈfɪgəʳ] vtsfigurare

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What right have they to torment and disfigure God's creatures?
From the disorders that disfigure the annals of those republics the advocates of despotism have drawn arguments, not only against the forms of republican government, but against the very principles of civil liberty.
When the dwarf saw that he screamed out: 'Is that civil, you toadstool, to disfigure a man's face?
 
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