What is another word for Defacing?

Pronunciation: [dɪfˈe͡ɪsɪŋ] (IPA)

There are a variety of synonyms for the word "defacing", which refers to damaging or vandalizing something's surface or appearance in a negative way. One common synonym is "vandalizing", which specifically implies intentionally damaging property. Other synonyms include "disfiguring", "marring", and "spoiling". Some examples of how to use these synonyms in sentences include "The graffiti artist was arrested for defacing public property", "Her beauty was marred by a scar on her face", and "The rain spoiled the picnic by defacing the food and ruining the decorations". Ultimately, all of these synonyms convey a negative connotation and suggest that something has been damaged or made less appealing.

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Usage examples for Defacing

His learned daughter, in the greatness of her grief, threw aside the reserve of literary eminence, and burst into tears and shrieks, tearing her hair, and Defacing her countenance, while the Empress Irene cut off her hair, changed her purple buskins for black mourning shoes, and, casting from her her princely robes, put on a robe of black.
"Women of Early Christianity Woman: In all ages and in all countries, Vol. 3 (of 10)"
Alfred Brittain Mitchell Carroll
We cannot attempt mentally to exemplify the conditions of the assertion in an imaginary case opposed to it, without violating our habitual recollection of this experience, and Defacing our mental picture of space as grounded on it.
"A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)"
John Stuart Mill
A number of medical students, mere boys, in the University of Havana, were charged with Defacing the tomb of a Spanish officer who had been killed by a Cuban in a political quarrel.
"Cuba, Old and New"
Albert Gardner Robinson

Famous quotes with Defacing

  • Who to patch up his fame, or fill his purse, Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse; Like gypsies, lest the stolen brat be known, Defacing first, then claiming for his own.
    Charles Churchill (satirist)

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