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DISFIGUREMENT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of damaging the appearance or surface of somethingplay

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 ("disfigurement" is a kind of...):

damage; harm; hurt; scathe (the act of damaging something or someone)

Derivation:

disfigure (mar or spoil the appearance of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapenplay

Example:

suffering from facial disfiguration

Synonyms:

deformity; disfiguration; disfigurement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("disfigurement" is a kind of...):

appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)

Derivation:

disfigure (mar or spoil the appearance of)

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