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the statue was seriously disfigured by falling rubble during the earthquake
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Recent Examples of disfigured
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Apr. 2026
The bodies had signs of binding the hands and feet, contortion of limbs, cut off fingertips and disfigured heads, according to Kaki.
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ABC News,
31 Oct. 2025
He’s inspired by the antics of Angus Oblong, the mastermind of The Oblongs, an Adult Swim show that centered around a disfigured family living in an area plagued by radiation.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
27 Aug. 2025
Chris Willman,
Variety,
1 July 2026
The Yellow Death has disfigured the population, and soldiers in white-and-red tunics serve the savage Duke of Tviot.
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Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
That surgery, which left the boy disfigured, should never have been performed on a patient of that age because the condition naturally resolves in 80% of patients, the medical board said.
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Phoebe Quinton,
AJC.com,
15 June 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.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
Thatcher plays disfigured, suicidal young protagonist P Burke who is hired by a mega tech corporation to virtually operate a beautiful but brainless ‘flesh body’ called Delphi, grown in a lab with the sole purpose of influencing the masses and selling products.
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Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
6 May 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.
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Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
The state largely clamped down on exotic pet ownership after the 2009 chimpanzee attack on Charla Nash in a home in Stamford, which left her permanently blind and disfigured.
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Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
7 Apr. 2026
The bodies were that disfigured.
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NBC news,
1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
In a particularly gnarly flashback, one sibling voluntarily — and crudely — amputates his fingers to match his brother's disfigured hand, which lost two digits when Angier shot him.
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Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Apr. 2026
The bodies had signs of binding the hands and feet, contortion of limbs, cut off fingertips and disfigured heads, according to Kaki.
—
ABC News,
31 Oct. 2025
He’s inspired by the antics of Angus Oblong, the mastermind of The Oblongs, an Adult Swim show that centered around a disfigured family living in an area plagued by radiation.
—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
Chris Brown was found liable by a Los Angeles jury on Tuesday for $13 million in the gruesome case of a dog that mauled and disfigured his housekeeper at his home in 2020.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
1 July 2026
The Yellow Death has disfigured the population, and soldiers in white-and-red tunics serve the savage Duke of Tviot.
—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
That surgery, which left the boy disfigured, should never have been performed on a patient of that age because the condition naturally resolves in 80% of patients, the medical board said.
—
Phoebe Quinton,
AJC.com,
15 June 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
Thatcher plays disfigured, suicidal young protagonist P Burke who is hired by a mega tech corporation to virtually operate a beautiful but brainless ‘flesh body’ called Delphi, grown in a lab with the sole purpose of influencing the masses and selling products.
—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
6 May 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
The state largely clamped down on exotic pet ownership after the 2009 chimpanzee attack on Charla Nash in a home in Stamford, which left her permanently blind and disfigured.
—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
7 Apr. 2026
The bodies were that disfigured.
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NBC news,
1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disfigured
Adjective
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Its deformed and empty boxes appeared to have been crushed under a landslide of green checks.
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Nicola said three of the four turkeys were rescue animals with deformed feet that had been sitting on eggs when they were taken.
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Residential buildings were badly damaged in the assault, leaving people trapped in multi-story apartment blocks and an entire family that was killed pulled from the rubble, while cars were seen burning on city streets.
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As a bonus, those seasons are ideal for planting a replacement shrub or re-establishing a lawn if it is damaged during the shrub removal.
Adjective
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In many cases, Kallis said, the roots of this behavior were planted long before, frequently through trauma, abuse, isolation, addiction or distorted coping mechanisms that were never confronted or healed.
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Letting go of these items leads to regret for the loss of nostalgia and passing on true history for a distorted version.
Verb
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In a later post on Telegram, Klitschko said Kyiv also came under ballistic missile attack, with five people injured in one of the central districts.
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The Tacoma Fire Department (TFD) later said no firefighters or residents were injured.
Adjective
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But her sister’s head was grievously misshapen.
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For Paris in Miami, the real answers came from hormone tests and a semen analysis, which pointed to low morphology, or misshapen sperm.
Verb
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Already, reports of sparse crowds have marred the Freedom 250’s Great American State Fair on the National Mall, the Daily Beast said.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's trip to the United Kingdom is already marred by drama after reports circulated that the visit was canceled due to security concerns.
Adjective
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Sensitive data appears in unstructured documents, malformed files, collaboration tools and AI workflows that summarize, transform and combine information.
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Cinematographer Mátyás Erdély’s gaslamp wash makes the whole thing visually alluring, but the story up to this point is one of malformed double entendres, as Moulin and his cohorts react to more important plots unfolding elsewhere in the war.
Verb
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In the nation’s gravest hour, the country’s authoritarian regime has crippled an effective response, say survivors, rescue workers and former officials.
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This comes at a dire time for Venezuela, which is still deep in political and financial crisis – being led by an interim government after US forces captured President Nicolás Maduro earlier this year, and facing an economy crippled by years of hyperinflation.
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“Disfigured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disfigured. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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