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defacement (noun)

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  • defacement — deface ► VERB ▪ spoil the surface or appearance of. DERIVATIVES defacement noun …   English terms dictionary

  • defacement — I noun blemish, blot, blotch, blotting out, crack, damage, defect, deformation, deformity, destruction, discoloration, disfiguration, disfigurement, distortion, effacement, erasure, fault, flaw, impairment, injury, injury to outward appearance,… …   Law dictionary

  • defacement — noun a) An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something. Some consider the defacement of the Sphinx to be the most egregious crime of Napoleans campaigns. b) An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face… …   Wiktionary

  • defacement — noun the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion he objected to the dam s massive disfigurement of the landscape • Syn: ↑disfigurement, ↑disfiguration • Derivationally …   Useful english dictionary

  • defacement — noun see deface …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • deface — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French *desfacer, *deffacer, from des de + face front, face Date: 14th century 1. to mar the appearance of ; injure by effacing significant details < deface an inscription > 2. impair …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • deface — verb spoil the surface or appearance of. Derivatives defacement noun defacer noun Origin ME: from OFr. desfacier …   English new terms dictionary

  • deface — /dəˈfeɪs / (say duh fays) verb (t) (defaced, defacing) 1. to mar the face or appearance of; disfigure. 2. to blot out; obliterate; efface. {Middle English deface(n), from French (obsolete) defacer, earlier desfacier, from des dis 1 + face face}… …  

  • deface — verb (T) to spoil the surface or appearance of something, especially by writing or making marks on it: Most of the monuments had been broken or defaced. defacement noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • deface — ► VERB ▪ spoil the surface or appearance of. DERIVATIVES defacement noun …   English terms dictionary

  • disfiguration — noun 1. the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion he objected to the dam s massive disfigurement of the landscape • Syn: ↑defacement, ↑disfigurement • Derivationally …   Useful english dictionary

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