noun
1. the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
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the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion
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he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape
• Syn: ↑defacement, ↑disfigurement
• Derivationally related forms: ↑disfigure (for: ↑disfigurement), ↑deface (for: ↑defacement)
2. an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
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there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back
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suffering from facial disfiguration
• Syn: ↑disfigurement, ↑deformity
• Derivationally related forms: ↑deformed (for: ↑deformity), ↑disfigure, ↑disfigure (for: ↑disfigurement)
• Hypernyms: ↑appearance, ↑visual aspect
Useful english dictionary. 2012.