as in to disfigure
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Clayface, who starts as struggling actor Matt Hagen, receives a highly experimental medical procedure after his face is disfigured in a knife attack.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2026 -
Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is severely disfigured after sustaining leg and face injuries during initial airstrikes on Tehran in February, Reuters reported earlier this week.—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 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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But then on Christmas Day of that year, Roonstrasse was defaced with antisemitic graffiti.—
Daniela R. P. Weiner,
The Conversation,
17 Apr. 2026
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Another admonishes participants not to urinate in the street, start fights, block streets, climb on cars or deface property — all things that have been problems some years.—
Larry Neumeister,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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Morrison, whose junior season was marred by injury, has been the ringleader.—
Steve Reaven,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The park's 120th operating season, which kicked off April 3, was marred by several fights between groups of teens, culminating in three arrests.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Uglify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uglify. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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