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de·face (d-fs)
tr.v. de·faced, de·fac·ing, de·fac·es
1. To mar or spoil the appearance or surface of; disfigure.
2. To impair the usefulness, value, or influence of.
3. Obsolete To obliterate; destroy.
[Middle English defacen, from Old French desfacier : des-, de- + face, face; see face.]
de·facea·ble adj.
de·facement n.
de·facer n.
deface
Verb
[-facing, -faced] to deliberately spoil the surface or appearance of
defacement n
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Verb 1. deface - mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"
blemish, disfigure
mar, deflower, impair, vitiate, spoil - make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"
mangle, maul - injure badly by beating
pock, scar, pit, mark - mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
deface
verb vandalize, damage, destroy, total (slang) injure, mar, spoil, trash (slang) impair, tarnish, obliterate, mutilate, deform, blemish, disfigure, sully
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