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deface
Meaning: to damage or spoil the surface or appearance of something
deface in a sentence
How deface is used in real sentences:
Someone spray-painted the wall and defaced the mural overnight.
Careless vandals defaced the old statue with spray paint, prompting the city to schedule an emergency cleanup the next morning.
“On Friday, she and two friends had slipped behind the gym and used spray cans to deface a mural painted by last year's eighth graders.”
— from the passage The Hearing Room
Synonyms for deface
Other words for deface — vandalize, disfigure and mar — carry the same meaning.
- vandalize
- disfigure
- mar
Antonyms of deface
Words that mean the opposite of deface:
- restore
- beautify
Where it comes from
From Old French desfacier 'to disfigure'
Word parts
- de — opposite, reverse
deface: de- (off, away) + face (surface, appearance)
Memory hook
DE + FACE — to deface something is to ruin its face.