Disfigure and Waste

Disfigure

Disfigure verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.
Usage example: the statue was seriously disfigured by falling rubble during the earthquake

Waste and disfigure are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Waste" instead a verb "Disfigure".

Waste

Waste verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: one country attempting to waste another

Disfigure and waste are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Disfigure" instead a verb "Waste".

Common collocations

opponents disfigure opponents waste opponents

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Saints Row 2 Mercy Kill: After you lace Maero's tattoo ink with radioactive waste and disfigure him the Brotherhood retaliates by kidnapping Carlos and towing him around the city from their car's rear bumper.
  • Video Game / Saints Row 2 The Boss uses this to disfigure Maero by dumping radioactive waste in his ink.
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