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verschandeln (v.t.)
   to ruin, spoil; deface, disfigure, mutilate; blight, be a blight/blot on

Dresden: Brücke verschandelt Elbtal
Dresden: Bridge ruins the Elbe River Valley
Hässliche neue Öko-Welt: Die Bundesregierung will Atomkraftwerke durch Tausende Windräder ersetzen - um den Preis einer verschandelten Landschaft.
Ugly new eco-world: The German government wants to replace atomic power with thousands of wind turbines – at the cost of a blighted countryside.
Die SV-Wacker-Fans haben ihre eigene Stadt mit Hass-Schmierereien verschandelt.
The SV Wacker [soccer] fans have defaced their own town with hate graffiti.

Related:
verschandelt (adj) ruined, spoiled, defaced, blighted
die Verschandelung blight, defacement, disfigurement
entstellen to disfigure, distort, misrepresent; contort
verderben to corrupt, ruin, spoil, wreck, pollute
verhunzen to ruin; murder (a song)

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