disfigure
verb (used with object)
to mar the appearance or beauty of; deform; deface.
had disfigured
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past perfectof disfigure.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He arrived to find a wraith in her 80s, down to 75 pounds, suffering from multiple cancers that had disfigured her face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2024
By the end, I felt I had found a noninvasive, non-pharmacological treatment for the mental health crisis that had disfigured my life from ages 13 to 23.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2021
So far Hiroshima had been spared the firebombings that had disfigured Tokyo, Yokohama, and other cities.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 7, 2015
He likened it to foot binding, which had disfigured Chinese girls over centuries.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2011
She had traveled half of the trip in a hammock that two men carried on their shoulders, because swelling had disfigured her legs and her varicose veins had puffed up like bubbles.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
