deface

pronunciation

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  • Verb:
    mar or spoil the appearance of
    deface a building facade, for example

Word Origin

deface (v.)
mid-14c., "to obliterate," from Old French desfacier "mutilate, destroy, disfigure," from des- "away from" (see dis-) + Vulgar Latin *facia (see face (n.)). Weaker sense of "to mar, make ugly" is late 14c. in English. Related: Defaced; defacing.

Synonym

Example

1. First these punks deface my property .
2. Don 't deface library books .
3. So , why did you deface your best friend ?
4. How did you deface it ?
5. He put up a deface photograph of kim jong il .

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