defacement meaning

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defacement (noun): the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something.

Definition of defacement

  1. the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
    • the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion
    • he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape

    Synonyms: disfigurement, disfiguration, mutilation

    Type of: damage

    Related forms: deface

Scrabble score: 18 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with DE · words ending in NT · 10-letter words

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