as in to disfigure
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She hasn't been seen in public for a decade, having been disfigured by a plastic surgery procedure gone wrong after her divorce from Peter.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
23 May 2025 -
This experimental medical treatment of young boys that disfigures them and sterilizes them for life.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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For a 25-year-old woman forever scarred by an unstable, unsafe household, being taken under Kiki’s wing is everything Simone could’ve hoped for.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 May 2025
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Things between them begin to sour, however, on Ellie’s 17th birthday, when Joel walks in on her smoking weed while getting a tattoo from another girl, Kat (Noah Lamanna), over the burn scarring on her arm.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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Gannon, one of 80 or 90 agents assigned to the case, testified that serial numbers had been defaced from gun parts possibly so that law enforcement could not trace them.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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Although the Diocese typically purchases a vendor booth for Pride, Danielson says progressive faith leaders stepped up their support after a local rainbow mural was defaced in May 2024.—
Nico Lang,
Them.,
8 May 2025
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The Mavericks had a season marred by injuries and executed a trade that not only shocked the NBA but also enraged fans.—
Jason Jones,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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Finding an innovative, sustainable path to parity—without triggering the kind of prolonged labor disputes that have marred the sport’s past—will do far more for the game than any piece of equipment ever could.—
John Cairney,
Sportico.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Uglify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uglify. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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