disfiguration

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dis·fig·ure

(dĭs-fĭg′yər)

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 figūra, shape; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots).]

dis·fig′u·ra′tion, dis·fig′ure·ment n.

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Noun	1.	disfiguration - an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration" disfigurement, deformity appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
	2.	disfiguration - the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape" defacement, disfigurement scathe, damage, harm, hurt - the act of damaging something or someone

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sfigurazione

disfiguration

n. desfiguración, desfiguramiento.

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