disfiguration

Noun

• the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
  • the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion
    
  • he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape
    

• an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
  • there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back
    
  • suffering from facial disfiguration
    

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• Synonyms: 
  defacement , disfigurement , deformity