n. The act of disfiguring, spoiling the appearance of something or someone; the state of being disfigured.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of disfiguring or marring the external form of; defacement.
n. The state of being disfigured; disfigurement; deformity.
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n. the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
n. an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
Word Usage
"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."