deface
verb (used with object)
to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure.
had been defacing
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past perfect progressiveof deface.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, all the agencies of travel-stain had been defacing both.
From Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement by Elizabeth Hely Walshe
