DISFIGURE Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

disfigure

verb

dis-ˈfi-gyər

Definition of disfigure

as in to injure

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of the statue was seriously disfigured by falling rubble during the earthquake

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Recent Examples of disfigure Foster pleaded guilty to one count of attempt to kill, disfigure, or maim an animal of another in June, according to the court record. — James Powel, USA Today, 15 May 2026 The disfiguring bulge in Dinah’s lower face went away. — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026 The attack permanently disfigured Ruby and left both her daughters, who tried their hardest to save their mother as just two teeny-tiny girls, with scars of their own. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 May 2026 The novel concerns being Jewish, being an immigrant, class, family, wealth, and how that wealth can disfigure people. — Time, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for disfigure

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Utah Jazz guard Trey Alexander was taken from the court on stretcher Monday night after appearing to injure his side on a drive to the basket in an NBA Summer League game against the Chicago Bulls.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
With Isak returning late from the World Cup and Hugo Ekitike injured, Danns has the ideal opportunity to put himself in Iraola’s thoughts.

— Andy Jones, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of injure

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Electrical generation units were damaged in the attack, Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy said in a statement.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
The city of La Guaira has borne the brunt of the devastation, though the capital city of Caracas has also seen buildings damaged and evacuated by the hundreds and essential services knocked out.

— Cristina Guevara, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026

Definition of damage

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Yet, money problems, sinister people and devastating setbacks also mar their experience.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 July 2026
He was elected in a landslide in July 2024, but quit after two years in office marred by missteps and judgment errors that eroded his standing with his party and the public.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026

Definition of mar

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Russia has been doing this since the start of the war, terrorizing Ukrainian cities with aerial assaults that have killed thousands of civilians and crippled much of the country’s energy grid for months on end.

— Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
Washington denounces Cuba’s overseas medical missions as exploitative and presses allies to drop them, but Calabria’s governor says losing the doctors would cripple care and vows to keep them.

— Paolo Santalucia, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of cripple

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One piece of mail from the United Democracy Project quotes comments from Twitch streamer and El-Sayed fan Hasan Piker, such as a dark joke about 9/11, that Third Way tried to use months ago to hurt the progressive.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 15 July 2026
Hasek said the removal of services at the store would hurt the community.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026

Definition of hurt

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The flow of dark traffic is one of the factors that helped explain why oil markets had weakened significantly by early June, together with a surge in exports from the US and pullback in buying by China.

— Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026
But as several surveys have consistently indicated, optimism about our country's outlook has undeniably weakened.

— Robert Hormats, Time, 4 July 2026

Definition of weaken

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The complete assembly weighs just enough for the Madagascar hissing cockroach, a species favored for cyborg research because of its large size, robustness, and wingless body, to carry without significantly impairing its movement.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 July 2026
Noise from a data center in Dowagiac, Michigan, has prompted a class-action lawsuit, with residents saying the noise is impairing their lives.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 17 July 2026

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