as in to disfigure
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In between detonating bombs hidden in Christmas presents and disfiguring the entire police force, Art sets his sights on the Shaw family.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025 -
Freud's pessimism is exacerbated not only by the imminent world war, but also by painful and disfiguring oral cancer.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The broadcast offered a rare look inside the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) facilities, showing launchers still scarred by shrapnel from Israeli strikes and allegedly depicting missiles being fired at Israel during the 12-day war.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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Too much scratching can also break the skin, which can lead to infection or scarring.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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The protests stretched beyond India’s borders, too, with London’s Asia House controversially canceling an exhibition of Husain’s work in 2006, citing security concerns, after Hindu groups demanded its closure and vandals defaced two of his paintings.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Harrison Grant Randall, 39, was charged earlier this year with six counts of defacing property after Brookline Police posted a video of a suspect riding his bike — and the public helped ID him.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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This dynamic marred the 2012-13 Hurricane Sandy package and has recurred in other disaster bills, not because relief is illegitimate but because speed plus political cover invites provisions that would die in regular order.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
7 Nov. 2025
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Sook’s comments followed Nexstar’s report of quarterly results, which were marred by the absence of political advertising compared with the same quarter in 2024.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Uglify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uglify. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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