Definition of "disfiguration" [dis•fig•u•ra•tion]

• The act of disfiguring, spoiling the appearance of something or someone; the state of being disfigured. (noun)

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• "Working from that information, Liebold said, investigators can look for clues in that section of the structure, such as disfiguration in steel beams or specific damage to concrete floors that would suggest temperatures reaching higher than 1,000 degrees."
• "* The rule of disfiguration: discrediting the opposition by crude smears and parodies."
• "This issue kicks off with a group of Spanish soldiers carousing and laughing in a tavern, mocking their recent disfiguration of a local rabble-rouser."