disfigure

Wearing headphones is great for drowning out the unending refrain of honking horns and lewd remarks, but it jeopardizes my being able to hear if someone is sneaking up behind me, poised to disfigure my skull, the way Laken Riley’s was.

Osborne cut her face 26 times in an effort to disfigure as well as kill her, the court was told.

The "significant" blows were struck to "not just kill her, but to disfigure her face," he tells Leeds Crown Court.

Repeated removal of the tendrils is needed, too, so they don’t disfigure the flowers or stems.

He practiced the stunt five times at home, he said, and was convinced it would not disfigure the painting.