deface
[dih-feys]
verb (used with object), de·faced, de·fac·ing.
to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it.
to efface, obliterate, or injure the surface of, as to make illegible or invalid: to deface a bond.
Origin of deface
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Related Words for deface
vandalize, obliterate, demolish, sully, harm, blemish, disfigure, injure, tarnish, scratch, ruin, wreck, damage, distort, impair, contort, spoil, destroy, trash, mangleExamples from the Web for deface
Contemporary Examples of deface
After sneaking in under the cover of night, the vandals chose these symbols to deface.
It was as if Romney had lit his résumé on fire, and had returned to Boston to deface his gubernatorial portrait.
Historical Examples of deface
Don't you know it's against the regulations to deface any natural object in the park?
Maw's VacationEmerson Hough
But if it's the truth, again, you have no right to deface the beauty.
Reels and SpindlesEvelyn Raymond
Take it up carefully so not to splinter it and deface the flooring.
Christopher and the ClockmakersSara Ware Bassett
It is probably a tattoo mark, the same as all sailors like to deface their bodies with.
Young Tom BowlingJ.C. Hutcheson
Now the sun gilds the slides that furrow, but do not deface them.
The Heart of the White Mountains, Their Legend and ScenerySamuel Adams Drake
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