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disfigure

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1. disfigure - Noun

2. disfigure - Verb

Meaning

Disfigurement; deformity.

To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Humanism is the only - I would go so far as saying the final- resistance we have against the inhuman practices and injustices that disfigure human history. Edward Said

Why don't they cut their own children's ears into points to make them look sharp? Why don't they cut off their noses to make them look plucky? One would be just as sensible as the other. What right have they to torment and disfigure God's creatures? Anna Sewell

I am not so much afraid of death, as ashamed thereof; 'tis the very disgrace and ignominy of our natures, that in a moment can so disfigure us that our nearest friends, Wife, and Children stand afraid and start at us. Thomas Browne

Youth is impulsive. When our young men grow angry at some real or imaginary wrong, and disfigure their faces with black paint, it denotes that their hearts are black, and that they are often cruel and relentless, and our old men and old women are unable to restrain them. Thus it has ever been. Chief Seattle

My parents always taught me never to take anything for granted because it can be taken away from you like that, especially when it comes to looks. I could get into a car crash tomorrow and disfigure my face. So I have to stay grounded. Lance Gross

Chopin's exquisite ear saved him from the ugly repetition of thick chords in the bass that frequently disfigure the work of Mendelssohn, Weber, and Hummel-and even of Field. Charles Rosen

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