deface

deface (dɪˈfeɪs)

—vb
	(tr) to spoil or mar the surface, legibility, or appearance of; disfigure

de'faceable

—*adj*

de'facement

—n

de'facer

—n

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deface

early 14c., from O.Fr. defacier, from des- "away from" + face "face."

Example sentences

The intent of some violators is to simply deface property.

Provides that the fact that a laboratory can restore a number does not negate

an intent to permanently deface the firearm.

Properly deface and dispose of all winning pickle cards.

Deface or remove and destroy the month and year stickers.

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"Dollars! All their cares, hopes, joys, affections, virtues, and associations seemed to be melted down into dollars. Whatever the chance contributions that fell into the slow cauldron of their talk, they made the gruel thick and slab with dollars. Men were weighed by their dollars, measures were gauged by their dollars; life was auctioneered, appraised, put up, and knocked down for its dollars. The next respectable thing to dollars was any venture having their attainment for its end. The more of that worthless ballast, honour and fair-dealing, which any man cast overboard from the ship of his Good Nature and Good Intent, the more ample stowage-room he had for dollars. Make commerce one huge lie and mighty theft. Deface the banner of the nation for an idle rag; pollute it star by star; and cut out stripe by stripe as from the arm of a degraded soldier. Do anything for dollars! What is a flag to them!"

-Charles Dickens