as in to disfigure
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The flames claimed the girls as collateral, scarring both of them but disfiguring Anaia, who worked the hardest to save Ruby.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026 -
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
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The incident would live on in the national consciousness and permanently scar Exxon’s reputation.—
Alex Kuffner,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Instead of rigid probes that scar the brain, the porous, ultraflexible meshes were built to match the softness of cells and move with them.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Mar. 2026
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The cemetery, created in 1859, was abandoned and defaced before becoming the property of the county in 1967.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
4 June 2026
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Two men from Germany were arrested after being accused of defacing a pride bench in Miami Beach with antisemitic symbols on Monday.—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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But six years after NASA certified SpaceX to ferry crews to and from the ISS, Boeing’s Starliner still lacks approval for regular crew rotation flights after a 2024 test flight was marred by technical issues.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
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In Strasbourg, groups of Palace supporters clashed among themselves in a square in the city centre, marring the occasion.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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“Uglify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uglify. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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