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WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Defaced; Deface; Defacement (disambiguation); Defacing; Disfigure (disambiguation)

Deface         
·vt To Destroy; to make null.
II. Deface ·vt To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to Disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record.
deface         
¦ verb spoil the surface or appearance of.
Derivatives
defacement noun
defacer noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. desfacier.
deface         
v. a.
Disfigure, deform, mar, spoil, injure, soil, tarnish.

Wikipedia

Defacement

Defacement or disfigurement may refer to:

  • Defacement (vandalism), the vandalism of physical objects, like buildings, books, paintings and statues
  • Website defacement, an attack on a website that changes the visual appearance of the site
  • Defacement (flag), a term used in heraldry and vexillology
  • Disfigurement, the state of having one's appearance deeply and persistently harmed medically
  • Disfigured, a 2015 extended play by Rag'n'Bone Man
  • Disfigure, a music artist signed to NoCopyrightSounds
Examples of use of Deface
1. Still others are planning to deface their ballots or tear them up.
2. They allowed others to view the memorial but were positioned to stop any attempt to deface it.
3. He was also found to have used a felt–tip marker to deface the interiors of public transport vehicles.
4. "People will say anything to deface you," he said, but he declined to respond to specific allegations.
5. The routine insolence of many young people, the filth and graffiti that deface our public spaces, the binge–drinking that sullies town and city centres?