defacement
defacement · defacements
An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring somethingAn act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something.
/dɪˈfeɪsmənt/
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something.
Some consider the defacement of the Sphinx to be the most egregious crime of Napolean's campaigns.
(countable, uncountable)An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value.
The soldiers found a variety of creative uses for their payment scrip after its defacement to scrap paper; some used it as toilet paper.
(countable, uncountable)A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.
More definitions
- the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
Forms
plural: defacements| Singular | defacement |
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Synonyms
8 synonymsact of defacing:disfigurationgraffitiobliterationvandalism
nullification of face value:cancellationdevaluation
Close in meaning
- the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something:disfigurementdisfigurationmutilation
Word family
1 related wordsRelateddeface
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable