disfigurement
Origin of disfigurement
1- Also called dis·fig·ur·a·tion.
Other words from disfigurement
- non·dis·fig·ure·ment, noun
Words Nearby disfigurement
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How to use disfigurement in a sentence
As Nancy Eisland has written in her groundbreaking work, The Disabled God, Jesus experiences disfigurement and disability while dying on a cross.
The disclosure followed a Reuters report earlier in the day quoting a senior Ukrainian security official as saying the disfigurement was indeed a cover for a malicious attack.
Microsoft discloses malware attack on Ukraine govt networks | noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) | January 16, 2022 | TechCrunchAt the bottom were long-term survivors—the ones with the “scars,” facial wasting, body disfigurement.
Eight months after the prisoner’s initial complaint, he fell out of his bed and hit his eye on the bolt, resulting in “disability and disfigurement,” according to a lawsuit he filed.
The Way Prisoners Flag Guard Abuse, Inadequate Health Care and Unsanitary Conditions Is Broken | by Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ | December 2, 2020 | ProPublicaThe shot imploded inside his skull, causing no exit wound and little disfigurement.
More than 100 nations have banned such bombs, which can cause permanent scarring and disfigurement.
What Daisey relates in the show is jarring; he describes seeing abusive working conditions, disfigurement, child labor, illness.
The Conning of ‘This American Life’ Leads to an Embarrassing Retraction | Philip Bump | March 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTJoe Camel, meet the uncool—death, disfigurement, suffering, and loss.
Could Graphic New Anti Smoking Ads Do More Harm? | Kent Sepkowitz | March 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTShe had altered all her dresses, and she wore a long cape, and even then was not able to hide the disfigurement of her person.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairNow they seemed as indifferent to his disfigurement as they were to the ragged knots and old fire-scars on the trees they felled.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairHe was doubly sensitive because he dreaded any comment upon his disfigurement reaching his wife's ears.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairHe was suffering from a scrofulous ulcer in the neck, and it was a hideous disfigurement.
My New Curate | P.A. SheehanThe girl was a woman now, and, were it not for that cruel disfigurement of one side of her face, a singularly attractive one.
The Terms of Surrender | Louis Tracy
British Dictionary definitions for disfigurement
disfiguration (ˌdɪsfɪɡəˈreɪʃən)
/ (dɪsˈfɪɡəmənt) /
something that disfigures
the act of disfiguring or the state of being disfigured
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