defacement

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defacement

/dɪˈfeɪsmənt/

Rhymes with -eɪsmənt

noun defacements

countable, uncountable An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something. Some consider the defacement of the Sphinx to be the most egregious crime of Napolean's campaigns.
Similar: disfiguration, graffiti, obliteration, vandalism
countable, uncountable An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value. The soldiers found a variety of creative uses for their payment scrip after its defacement to scrap paper; some used it as toilet paper.
Similar: cancellation, devaluation
countable, uncountable A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.

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@misc{defacement_2026,
  title = {defacement},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/defacement},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}