deface

[ dih-feys ]

/ dɪˈfeɪs /

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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.

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Origin of deface

1275–1325; Middle English defacen < Old French desfacier, equivalent to des- dis-¹ + facier (face face + -ier infinitive suffix)

SYNONYMS FOR deface

1 spoil. See mar.

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OTHER WORDS FROM deface

de·face·a·ble, adjectivede·face·ment, nounde·fac·er, nounun·de·face·a·ble, adjective

un·de·faced, adjective

Words nearby deface

deesis, deet, deets, def, def., deface, defaecate, defalcate, defalcation, defamation, defamatory

Example sentences from the Web for deface

After sneaking in under the cover of night, the vandals chose these symbols to deface.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews Vandalize Jerusalem’s Holocaust Memorial|Alex Klein|June 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It was as if Romney had lit his résumé on fire, and had returned to Boston to deface his gubernatorial portrait.
Don't Call Us Mavericks!|Bryan Curtis|April 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Some of his more ardent hearers began to deface the statues and pictures.
A History of the Reformation (Vol. 2 of 2)|Thomas M. Lindsay
He loved the truth too much to allow the workings of human weakness in himself or others to deface its fair features.
Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2)|Wiliam Cabell Bruce

The light of the lamp fell full upon her features, whose gentle beauty pain was impotent to deface.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine--Volume 62, No. 386, December, 1847|Various
He held the See for twenty-one years, and he made it his business deliberately to deface all this statuary.
Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely|Rev. Edward Conybeare.
And in Homer the beauty bears none of the barbaric strains that deface the rites of Athens in her glory.
The World of Homer|Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for deface

deface

/ (dɪˈfeɪs) /

verb

(tr) to spoil or mar the surface, legibility, or appearance of; disfigure

Derived forms of deface

defaceable, adjectivedefacement, noundefacer, noun

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deface

verb (used with object), de·faced, de·fac·ing.

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verb

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