defacement

Noun
Synonyms: disfigurementdisfiguration

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  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: disfigurementdisfiguration
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Defacement \De*face"ment\, n.

1.The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration. [1913 Webster]

2.That which mars or disfigures. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

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