Defacement

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of defacing or disfiguring; injury to the surface or exterior; disfigurement; obliteration.
  • noun. That which disfigures or mars appearance.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration.
  • noun. That which mars or disfigures.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something.
  • noun. An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value.
  • noun. A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
  • Word Usage
    "The *victim* of the defacement is the person who is intended to be fearful."
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