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Defacement

//dɪˈfeɪsmənt// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something. countable, uncountable

    "Some consider the defacement of the Sphinx to be the most egregious crime of Napolean's campaigns."

  2. 2
    the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something wordnet
  3. 3
    An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value. countable, uncountable

    "The soldiers found a variety of creative uses for their payment scrip after its defacement to scrap paper; some used it as toilet paper."

  4. 4
    A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From deface + -ment.

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