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.
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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."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
damage
harm
hurt
scathe
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
bilingualism
chillness
conceptualization
curliness
dallying
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
deformation
deformity
disfigurement
obliteration