disfigure
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"Assurances have to be made that such attempts to disfigure the game in this way will never be made again," a Uefa statement read.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
“The bill is allowing things to take place which could disfigure a city like Eagle Rock,” said Quackenbos.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
If a monster like their father can disfigure God, doesn’t his existence pose a threat to a world already under siege?
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
Repeated removal of the tendrils is needed, too, so they don’t disfigure the flowers or stems.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
This only makes a noise blur across me and the Doorman’s face disfigure above.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
A droll moment of introspection is offered when Gordon disfigures his face with tape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
Ms. Robbie has it easier, thanks to her character’s inherent theatricality—this Elizabeth is a great beauty until smallpox disfigures her face.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2018
It also raises concerns about epizootic shell disease, which disfigures lobsters to the point that they can’t be sold.
From Washington Times ● May 13, 2018
An orange smear of paint disfigures the walkway next to a garden bench.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2018
Three teeth, that quite disfigures the child's mouth.
From The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 by Various
Some bodies are so disfigured, Poudel added, "that often it is difficult to say if it's a man or woman".
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Saad Attar owns the Fort Worth, Texas, dealership that sold the 2020 Malibu to Kang, whose jaw was disfigured in the crash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Ukrainian politician Viktor Yushchenko, campaigning against a Russian-backed candidate for the presidency, was disfigured by dioxin in 2004.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
Parts of Gaza City are disfigured beyond recognition.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
Most curious is his view of the origin of the lunar craters, which make the Moon, he says, “not dissimilar to the face of a boy disfigured with smallpox.”
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
She spent nearly a quarter-century as a recluse, having suffered in 1997 a shocking and disfiguring accident while striking a match to light her Tiparillo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
And he grew that beard—initially to hide disfiguring dental surgery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
The first patient to receive facial scanning and burn mask treatment, after the 14-month period when Qaradaya’s rehab team was helpless to treat disfiguring facial burns, was a two-year-old child.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2025
An aspiring actor with a disfiguring facial condition has a radical medical procedure, drastically transforming his appearance.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024
In 1867, while still serving as secretary of state and still bearing the disfiguring facial scars of the knife attack, he purchased Alaska for the United States.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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