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DISFIGURATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
Example:
he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape
Synonyms:
defacement; disfiguration; disfigurement; mutilation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("disfiguration" is a kind of...):
damage; harm; hurt; scathe (the act of damaging something or someone)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
Example:
suffering from facial disfiguration
Synonyms:
deformity; disfiguration; disfigurement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("disfiguration" is a kind of...):
appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)
Derivation:
disfigure (mar or spoil the appearance of)
