deface

deface
de·face /di-'fās/ vt de·faced, de·fac·ing: to destroy or mar the face or surface of
de·face·ment n
de·fac·er n

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

deface
I verb begrime, blacken, blemish, blot, blot out, blotch, blur, cover up, crack, cross out, damage, deform, deformare, delete, deprive of form, despoil, destroy, destroy form, disfigure, distort, efface, erase, expunge, flaw, foedare, foul, hurt, impair, impair the legibility of, impair the looks of, injure, make illegible, make ugly, make unsightly, mangle, mar, mar the appearance of, mark, misshape, mutilate, obliterate, render illegible, rub off, rub out, scar, scratch, scratch out, smear, smudge, soil, spoil, spoil the look of, spot, stain, strike out, sully, tarnish, unshape, warp, wipe away associated concepts: cancellation by defacing, defacing public property II index damage, destroy (efface), harm, maim, mutilate, spoil (impair), sully, tarnish

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006

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  • Deface — De*face (d[ e]*f[=a]s ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defaced} (d[ e]*f[=a]st ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Defacing}.] [OE. defacen to disfigure, efface, OF. desfacier; L. dis + facies face. See {Face}, and cf. {Efface}.] 1. To destroy or mar the face or external …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • deface — deface, disfigure mean to mar the appearance of a thing. Deface usually suggests a marring of the face or external appearance of something; it frequently implies the effacement, obliteration, or removal of some part or detail {earth has yet a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • deface — mid 14c., to obliterate, from O.Fr. desfacier mutilate, destroy, disfigure, from des away from (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + V.L. *facia (see FACE (Cf. face) (n.)). Weaker sense of to mar, make ugly is late 14c. in English. Related: Defaced; defacing …   Etymology dictionary

  • deface — [v] mar, mutilate blemish, contort, damage, deform, demolish, destroy, dilapidate, disfigure, distort, harm, impair, injure, mangle, misshape, obliterate, ruin, scratch, spoil, sully, tarnish, trash*, vandalize, wreck; concepts 246,252 Ant. adorn …   New thesaurus

  • deface — ► VERB ▪ spoil the surface or appearance of. DERIVATIVES defacement noun …   English terms dictionary

  • deface — [dē fās′, difās′] vt. defaced, defacing [ME defacen < OFr desfacier: see DE & FACE] 1. to spoil the appearance of; disfigure; mar 2. to make illegible by injuring the surface of defacement n. defacer n …   English World dictionary

  • Deface — Дефейс сайта MediaWiki Deface (англ. deface  уродовать, искажать)  тип …   Википедия

  • deface — defaceable, adj. defacement, n. defacer, n. /di fays /, v.t., defaced, defacing. 1. to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it. 2. to efface, obliterate, or injure the surface of, as to make illegible or… …   Universalium

  • deface — UK [dɪˈfeɪs] / US verb [transitive] Word forms deface : present tense I/you/we/they deface he/she/it defaces present participle defacing past tense defaced past participle defaced to deliberately damage something valuable by writing on it or… …   English dictionary

  • deface — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French *desfacer, *deffacer, from des de + face front, face Date: 14th century 1. to mar the appearance of ; injure by effacing significant details < deface an inscription > 2. impair …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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