disfigurement

Other forms: disfigurements

Definitions of disfigurement
  1. noun
    an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
    “there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back”
    synonyms: deformity, disfiguration
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    type of:
    appearance, visual aspect
    outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
  2. noun
    the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
    “he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape”
    synonyms: defacement, disfiguration
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    type of:
    damage, harm, hurt, scathe
    the act of damaging something or someone
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