deface
to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it.
to efface, obliterate, or injure the surface of, as to make illegible or invalid: to deface a bond.
Origin of deface
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Other words for deface
Other words from deface
- de·face·a·ble, adjective
- de·face·ment, noun
- de·fac·er, noun
- un·de·face·a·ble, adjective
- un·de·faced, adjective
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How to use deface in a sentence
So living mars and defaces and maims, and living appears wantonly to soil and to degrade its prey before destroying it.
Figures of Earth | James Branch CabellThere was none of the rancour in his references to Wales which defaces his account of contemporary Ireland.
The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales | Giraldus CambrensisLet those sorrows hide their diminished heads before the tremendous mountain of woe that thus defaces our globe!
Mary Wollstonecraft | Elizabeth Robins PennellMountains well wooded are on every hand; no black factory smoke defaces the sky line.
The Johnstown Horror | James Herbert WalkerWhy defaces he the fair page of creation, and why is he to be continued?
The Fiend's Delight | Dod Grile
British Dictionary definitions for deface
/ (dɪˈfeɪs) /
(tr) to spoil or mar the surface, legibility, or appearance of; disfigure
Derived forms of deface
- defaceable, adjective
- defacement, noun
- defacer, noun
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