disfigure
verb
dis·fig·ure
dis-ˈfi-gyər 
especially British -ˈfi-gə
disfigured; disfiguring; disfigures
1
: to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries
a face disfigured by smallpox
2
obsolete
: disguise
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Examples of disfigure in a Sentence
His face was disfigured by a scar.
the statue was seriously disfigured by falling rubble during the earthquake
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And the filmmaker, who’s disfigured himself, really wanted to bring it out in the open.
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Elena Nelson Howe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
In Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man, Sebastian Stan stars as Edward Lemuel, a struggling actor with low self-esteem who undergoes a medical procedure to cure him of a condition called neurofibromatosis that has caused his face to be disfigured.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2024
An alcoholic service-station worker goes out on the town for the first time after an incident that left him disfigured.
—Tomi Obaro, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
And from the first installment of the Nightmare franchise, he's always had a trademark look: a face disfigured by burn scars, a dirty red and green striped sweater paired with a brown fedora and a leather glove adorned with metal claws on his right hand.
—Stacy Lambe, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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Elena Nelson Howe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
In Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man, Sebastian Stan stars as Edward Lemuel, a struggling actor with low self-esteem who undergoes a medical procedure to cure him of a condition called neurofibromatosis that has caused his face to be disfigured.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2024
An alcoholic service-station worker goes out on the town for the first time after an incident that left him disfigured.
—Tomi Obaro, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
And from the first installment of the Nightmare franchise, he's always had a trademark look: a face disfigured by burn scars, a dirty red and green striped sweater paired with a brown fedora and a leather glove adorned with metal claws on his right hand.
—Stacy Lambe, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Disfigure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disfigure. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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disfigure
verb
dis·fig·ure
dis-ˈfig-yər
especially British -ˈfig-ər
: to spoil the appearance of
disfigured by a scar
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