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Defacement

/dɪˈfeɪsmənt/

An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something.

📖 Definitions of "Defacement"

noun

1
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."
2
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."
3
(vexillology) A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.

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