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disfigure, mar, deface, destroy, ruin, damage, spoil

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Example Sentences

Example:The disfigurement of his face resulted from the accident.

Definition:To make (a person, an animal, a part of the body, etc.) look ugly, deformed, or extremely unattractive; to mar or change a shape so as to make it ugly or unattractive.

From disfigure

Example:The bad weather marred the entire event.

Definition:To spoil or impair the quality, purity, or state of.

From mar

Example:Vandals defaced the statues in the park.

Definition:To mark or soil with something disfiguring or disturbing; to damage or disfigure (a surface, wall, photograph, etc.), especially by scratching, tearing, etc.

From deface

Example:The army threatened to destroy the enemy's fortifications.

Definition:To bring into a state of ruin, collapse, or defeat; to cause to fall.

From destroy

Example:His bad behavior ruined the fun of the evening.

Definition:To destroy the condition of; to cause to become ruined; to deface; to profane; to corrupt; to spoil; to disgust.

From ruin

Example:The car was damaged in the collision.

Definition:To impair the value, perfection, or integrity of; to injure; to hurt.

From damage

Example:The storm spoiled the crops, destroying the harvest.

Definition:To reduce in quality, as by dislocation, disfigurement, displacement, or rearrangement; to impair.

From spoil