deface
verb (used with object)
to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure.
was defacing
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past progressiveof deface.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It was defacing, it was taking away someone’s face.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
He was defacing the everlasting hills with dynamite to make something the commercial world did not want.
From The Rapids by Alan Sullivan
