Disfigure
(verb)
To mar or spoil the appearance of (something), especially so as to make it ugly or unattractive.
Origin:
Late 16th century, from french désfigurer, from des- (expressing reversal) + figure.
Examples:
- The accident disfigured his face permanently.
- Her once beautiful face was disfigured by smallpox.
- The statue was disfigured by vandalism.
- The fire disfigured the building.
- The firework display disfigured the night sky.