deface
verb (used with object)
to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure.
were 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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Broken bottles and scraps of paper were defacing the hill turf, and when she turned to get to the water's edge she found the rushy coverts trampled on every side.
From The Half-Hearted by John Buchan
