disfigurement
Example Sentences
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Each death or disfigurement lands with a splat.
From Los Angeles Times
The boy’s disfigurement “is going to open wallets faster than any gun,” Benjamin says.
Tole’s civil lawsuit, filed Monday in Marion County Superior Court, alleges that he suffered “severe permanent disfigurement, loss of function, other physical injuries, emotional distress, and other damages” as a result of Sanchez’s actions.
From Los Angeles Times
The “impact fractured his face, embedded shrapnel in his nasal cavity ... left him with permanent disfigurement, vision problems, and severe emotional trauma,” according to a statement by the Glucks’ attorneys.
From Los Angeles Times
Those who survived the atom bomb, along with their descendants, continue to live in the long shadow of that day – wrestling with disfigurement, pain, and a decades-long fight for justice that remains unresolved.
From BBC
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