Defacement

//dɪˈfeɪsmənt//

Synonyms for "defacement" (66 found)

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Closest matches (14)

Noun(2 words)

birthmark blackhead bleb blister cacophony camelback cancellation check cicatrix cleft palate clubfoot crack

Strong matches (19)

crater craze defect deformity disfiguration distortion fault flatfoot flaw freckle harelip hickey hunchback inelegance kink malformation

Noun(3 words)

devaluation disfigurement graffiti

Related words (33)

mole monstrosity nevus pimple pit plainness pock pockmark pustule rift scab scar scratch splayfoot split strawberry mark sty swayback teratology track

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twist vesicle violation wale warp wart weal welt wen wryneck

Noun(3 words)

mutilation obliteration vandalism

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

4 entries

damage harm hurt scathe

Synonyms

2 entries

cancellation disfiguration

derived from

1 entries

deface

has context

2 entries

heraldry vexillology

is a

1 entries

damage

related to

10 entries

coat of arms deface devalue disfigure face value flag mar nullification symbol void

Translations

7 translations across 3 languages.

Catalan

2 entries

desfiguració noun (marring, disfiguring)
devaluació noun (voiding, nullification)

Finnish

3 entries

lisäys noun (added symbol)
mitätöinti noun (voiding, nullification)
turmeleminen noun (marring, disfiguring)

Irish

2 entries

lot noun (marring, disfiguring)
milleadh noun (marring, disfiguring)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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

Source: wiktionary

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

Source: wiktionary

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