defacement

Other forms: defacements

Definitions of defacement
  1. noun
    the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
    “the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion”
    synonyms: disfiguration, disfigurement
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    type of:
    damage, harm, hurt, scathe
    the act of damaging something or someone
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