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Synonyms for disfigurement

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 5, SummitActions

the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something

He objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

defacement

Same sentence, swapped: He objected to the dam's massive defacement of the landscape.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for disfigurement as it is used in the sentence above.

deformity
impairment
wounding

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