nnoun.eventan injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body partDerivationally Related Form:mutilate
Hypernyms:accidental injury injury
Inherited Hypernyms:mutilationinjuryaccidentmishapmisfortunetroublehappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:dismembermenttaking apart
Full Hyponyms:dismemberment
nnoun.actthe act of damaging the appearance or surface of somethingSynset:defacement disfiguration disfigurement
Examples:- the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion
- he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape
Derivationally Related Form:disfiguredeface
Hypernyms:damage harm hurt scathe
Inherited Hypernyms:defacementdamagechange of integritychangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity