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disfigure
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disfigure v. to cause permanent change in a person's body, particularly by leaving visible scars which affect a person's appearance. In lawsuits or claims due to injuries caused by another's negligence or intentional actions, such scarring can add considerably to general damages. (See: damages, general damages)


See also: damage, deface, harm, impair, mutilate, spoil


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This muscle loss may contribute to osteoporosis-related axial disfigurations as well as increased incidence of falls.
Pregnant women were advised to stay in curtained rooms because of a belief that the Sun's invisible rays would harm unborn babies, which could suffer disfigurations, birthmarks or other congenital defects.
It would be naive to think that modernist disfigurations never lie.
 
 
 
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