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
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
The leader called the song “insulting” and alleged the band was “trying to disfigure our identity.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025
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
Most of these foreign publications were unhappily marked by that coarse and almost vituperative opposition to received views which too often disfigures French and German controversial literature.
From Charles Darwin by Grant Allen
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
With many corpses badly disfigured, volunteers said several families had claimed the same body.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
"My operation is scheduled for tomorrow," says the disfigured soldier, still recovering from his terrible injuries.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
They worry about being disfigured or disabled; they fear becoming pariahs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
There’s a young woman with a scarf wrapped around her head leaning against her oxygen tank; others are wheezing terribly; some are disfigured or badly burned.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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
Hate is disfiguring; it doesn’t feel good to remind yourself to treat a person in a way to honor the tragic history.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2024
In Europe, Asia, and Africa smallpox became a constant, terrible presence, infecting almost every child, killing many and leaving others with the disfiguring pockmarks that are its telltale sign.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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