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Thesaurus: deface

To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writi…

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  1. v. t. To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record.
  2. v. t. To destroy; to make null.
  3. v. mar or spoil the appearance of
  4. v:100 v. mar or spoil the appearance of