It could be a horrible thing, like an act of violence or a disfiguring disease.

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The city council says it will ban the illegal billboards and limit the number of kiosks disfiguring beautiful buildings.

ECONOMIST: Czech Republic

He looked tired and drab, his eyes rimmed with dark circles, a reddish stain disfiguring his crisp white polo shirt.

NEWYORKER: Raj, Bohemian

The drug is used as a last resort for people with severe disfiguring acne and has to be prescribed by dermatologists.

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Apart from disfiguring the skin, after two decades arsenic poisoning has a high risk of causing fatal cancer in the lungs, liver, bladder and kidneys.

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Psoriasis is a disfiguring genetic condition, which affects at least one in 50 people in the UK, making it as common as rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes.

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Storm, who was born with a port wine-stain birthmark underneath her left eye, founded a charitable organization that helps children with debilitating and disfiguring vascular birthmarks.

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This gives his book some disfiguring weaknesses.

ECONOMIST: Drugs and Latin America