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English Dictionary: disfiguration by the DICT Development Group
2 results for disfiguration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disfiguration
n
  1. an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration"
    Synonym(s): disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity
  2. the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape"
    Synonym(s): defacement, disfigurement, disfiguration
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disfiguration \Dis*fig`u*ra"tion\, n. [See {Disfigure}, and cf.
      {Defiguration}.]
      The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured;
      defacement; deformity; disfigurement. --Gauden.
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