Definition of deface in English:

deface

verb dɪˈfeɪsdəˈfeɪs

[with object]

Spoil the surface or appearance of (something), for example by drawing or writing on it.
he defaced library books
Example sentencesExamples
- Speed camera bosses are undeterred by vandals who defaced signs warning drivers that mobile speed cameras operate in the area.
- Some of them reportedly defaced posters of her in the lobby, writing comments and tossing drinks on her pictures.
- The persons invading the San Jose office barricaded themselves in a conference room where they defaced the walls and damaged furniture.
- The vandals have also defaced rocks elsewhere on the moor, including popular routes for walkers and visitors to the area.
- Just as people shouldn't drop litter, they shouldn't deface the city with graffiti, and ways need to be found of persuading them to stop doing it.
- In one, a Minneapolis housing project is represented as a lawless free-fire zone, with gangsters shooting it out in the streets and anti-Hmong graffiti defacing parked cars.
- Government offices were attacked, and trains stopped and defaced.
- As Gardaí continue the hunt for reckless vandals who defaced statues of Our Lady at a rural grotto in Kerry, shocked locals held a prayer meeting on the site on Monday night and prayed for forgiveness for the culprits.
- I just got through telling him that a kid was defacing school property and it was in his area.
- A local constituency office in Keighley has been targeted by vandals who have defaced the building with graffiti.
- The scrawl which defaces many a wall, subway, building, bus shelter and cable box across the district is deeply offensive to many people.
- It was part of a Skipton Civic Society project to restore the area and Gwynne Walters, from the society, made a plea to the local community not to deface the bridge nor vandalise the area.
- The room was wrecked and most of the pews had been stolen or defaced.
- Yet they knew that the Massachusett Indians, for example, considered it impious and inhumane to deface the monuments of the dead.
- York Minster clergy expressed shock and outrage today after vandals defaced its historic walls with offensive graffiti.
- Madison homeowners are livid after vandals defaced their homes.
- ‘I couldn't condone anyone defacing the city, even in chalk form,’ said Dublin's Lord Mayor, Dermot Lacey.
- We are fighting back against the litter louts, the illegal fly-tippers and fly-posters and the vandals who deface the city with graffiti.
- Needless to say, I was shocked when I saw this source of pride defaced with black spray paint.
- They moved here in 1959 and kept themselves busy by defacing the books in the local library.
- In recent weeks the graffiti vandals have defaced the memorial.
- A Bedford Bishop says he is ‘fed up’ with vandals defacing his church.
- Angry residents claim graffiti vandals are continuing to deface Chiswick's streets because the owners of business and public properties have a ‘lazy attitude’ towards removing tags.
- It may sound obvious but cheque book customers should not deface Irish pound cheques by crossing out the currency sign and writing in a euro sign instead - or vice versa.
- My usual idea of political activism is defacing the candidate's photos in their election literature.
- Your eyes glow every single morning, and you're always smiling; you doodle both your names in all the books, even deface public property.
Synonyms
vandalize, disfigure, mar, spoil, ruin, deform, sully, tarnish, damage
injure, uglify, blight, blemish, impair
informal tag, trash

Derivatives

defacement

noundɪˈfeɪsm(ə)ntdəˈfeɪsmənt

mass noun

The action or process of spoiling the surface or appearance of something.
the bank strongly objects to the mutilation or defacement of bank notes
Example sentencesExamples
- count noun commercial transactions were curtailed for days because of repeated website defacements
- According to Moore, the chalkings qualify as defacement of property and harassing and intimidating behavior, both of which are violations of the Student Code of Conduct.
- The reaction generally to the defacement must surely have sent a clear message to the vandals, and the last thing one need do is to pander to them.
- Reported death threats, defacements and incidents have yet to produce a single major prosecution.

defacer

noun

Other hackers, most notably the Chaos Computer Club, have criticised The Dispatchers, a loose-knit collective of more than 60 defacers.
Example sentencesExamples
- High on the list of defacers are cinema posters swamping flyover pillars and walls.
- The abuse and ignorance we deal with from defacers and defacement victims is staggering, and some of that abuse spills over into actual attacks.
- Thousands of would-be Web site defacers, who would never have heard about the Defacers Challenge read about it in the newspapers.
- He even questioned his own role as a carver - a defacer of wood's natural beauty.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French desfacier, from des- (expressing removal) + face 'face'.

Definition of deface in US English:

deface

verbdəˈfeɪsdəˈfās

[with object]

Spoil the surface or appearance of (something), for example by drawing or writing on it.
he defaced library books
Example sentencesExamples
- York Minster clergy expressed shock and outrage today after vandals defaced its historic walls with offensive graffiti.
- A Bedford Bishop says he is ‘fed up’ with vandals defacing his church.
- My usual idea of political activism is defacing the candidate's photos in their election literature.
- The persons invading the San Jose office barricaded themselves in a conference room where they defaced the walls and damaged furniture.
- The vandals have also defaced rocks elsewhere on the moor, including popular routes for walkers and visitors to the area.
- Madison homeowners are livid after vandals defaced their homes.
- As Gardaí continue the hunt for reckless vandals who defaced statues of Our Lady at a rural grotto in Kerry, shocked locals held a prayer meeting on the site on Monday night and prayed for forgiveness for the culprits.
- ‘I couldn't condone anyone defacing the city, even in chalk form,’ said Dublin's Lord Mayor, Dermot Lacey.
- Government offices were attacked, and trains stopped and defaced.
- Angry residents claim graffiti vandals are continuing to deface Chiswick's streets because the owners of business and public properties have a ‘lazy attitude’ towards removing tags.
- I just got through telling him that a kid was defacing school property and it was in his area.
- The scrawl which defaces many a wall, subway, building, bus shelter and cable box across the district is deeply offensive to many people.
- The room was wrecked and most of the pews had been stolen or defaced.
- In one, a Minneapolis housing project is represented as a lawless free-fire zone, with gangsters shooting it out in the streets and anti-Hmong graffiti defacing parked cars.
- Yet they knew that the Massachusett Indians, for example, considered it impious and inhumane to deface the monuments of the dead.
- Your eyes glow every single morning, and you're always smiling; you doodle both your names in all the books, even deface public property.
- Just as people shouldn't drop litter, they shouldn't deface the city with graffiti, and ways need to be found of persuading them to stop doing it.
- It may sound obvious but cheque book customers should not deface Irish pound cheques by crossing out the currency sign and writing in a euro sign instead - or vice versa.
- It was part of a Skipton Civic Society project to restore the area and Gwynne Walters, from the society, made a plea to the local community not to deface the bridge nor vandalise the area.
- A local constituency office in Keighley has been targeted by vandals who have defaced the building with graffiti.
- In recent weeks the graffiti vandals have defaced the memorial.
- We are fighting back against the litter louts, the illegal fly-tippers and fly-posters and the vandals who deface the city with graffiti.
- They moved here in 1959 and kept themselves busy by defacing the books in the local library.
- Some of them reportedly defaced posters of her in the lobby, writing comments and tossing drinks on her pictures.
- Speed camera bosses are undeterred by vandals who defaced signs warning drivers that mobile speed cameras operate in the area.
- Needless to say, I was shocked when I saw this source of pride defaced with black spray paint.
Synonyms
vandalize, disfigure, mar, spoil, ruin, deform, sully, tarnish, damage

Origin

Middle English: from Old French desfacier, from des- (expressing removal) + face ‘face’.

单词	deface
释义	Definition of deface in English: deface verb dɪˈfeɪsdəˈfeɪs [with object] Spoil the surface or appearance of (something), for example by drawing or writing on it. he defaced library books Example sentencesExamples Speed camera bosses are undeterred by vandals who defaced signs warning drivers that mobile speed cameras operate in the area. Some of them reportedly defaced posters of her in the lobby, writing comments and tossing drinks on her pictures. The persons invading the San Jose office barricaded themselves in a conference room where they defaced the walls and damaged furniture. The vandals have also defaced rocks elsewhere on the moor, including popular routes for walkers and visitors to the area. Just as people shouldn't drop litter, they shouldn't deface the city with graffiti, and ways need to be found of persuading them to stop doing it. In one, a Minneapolis housing project is represented as a lawless free-fire zone, with gangsters shooting it out in the streets and anti-Hmong graffiti defacing parked cars. Government offices were attacked, and trains stopped and defaced. As Gardaí continue the hunt for reckless vandals who defaced statues of Our Lady at a rural grotto in Kerry, shocked locals held a prayer meeting on the site on Monday night and prayed for forgiveness for the culprits. I just got through telling him that a kid was defacing school property and it was in his area. A local constituency office in Keighley has been targeted by vandals who have defaced the building with graffiti. The scrawl which defaces many a wall, subway, building, bus shelter and cable box across the district is deeply offensive to many people. It was part of a Skipton Civic Society project to restore the area and Gwynne Walters, from the society, made a plea to the local community not to deface the bridge nor vandalise the area. The room was wrecked and most of the pews had been stolen or defaced. Yet they knew that the Massachusett Indians, for example, considered it impious and inhumane to deface the monuments of the dead. York Minster clergy expressed shock and outrage today after vandals defaced its historic walls with offensive graffiti. Madison homeowners are livid after vandals defaced their homes. ‘I couldn't condone anyone defacing the city, even in chalk form,’ said Dublin's Lord Mayor, Dermot Lacey. We are fighting back against the litter louts, the illegal fly-tippers and fly-posters and the vandals who deface the city with graffiti. Needless to say, I was shocked when I saw this source of pride defaced with black spray paint. They moved here in 1959 and kept themselves busy by defacing the books in the local library. In recent weeks the graffiti vandals have defaced the memorial. A Bedford Bishop says he is ‘fed up’ with vandals defacing his church. Angry residents claim graffiti vandals are continuing to deface Chiswick's streets because the owners of business and public properties have a ‘lazy attitude’ towards removing tags. It may sound obvious but cheque book customers should not deface Irish pound cheques by crossing out the currency sign and writing in a euro sign instead - or vice versa. My usual idea of political activism is defacing the candidate's photos in their election literature. Your eyes glow every single morning, and you're always smiling; you doodle both your names in all the books, even deface public property. Synonyms vandalize, disfigure, mar, spoil, ruin, deform, sully, tarnish, damage injure, uglify, blight, blemish, impair informal tag, trash Derivatives defacement noundɪˈfeɪsm(ə)ntdəˈfeɪsmənt mass noun The action or process of spoiling the surface or appearance of something. the bank strongly objects to the mutilation or defacement of bank notes Example sentencesExamples count noun commercial transactions were curtailed for days because of repeated website defacements According to Moore, the chalkings qualify as defacement of property and harassing and intimidating behavior, both of which are violations of the Student Code of Conduct. The reaction generally to the defacement must surely have sent a clear message to the vandals, and the last thing one need do is to pander to them. Reported death threats, defacements and incidents have yet to produce a single major prosecution. defacer noun Other hackers, most notably the Chaos Computer Club, have criticised The Dispatchers, a loose-knit collective of more than 60 defacers. Example sentencesExamples High on the list of defacers are cinema posters swamping flyover pillars and walls. The abuse and ignorance we deal with from defacers and defacement victims is staggering, and some of that abuse spills over into actual attacks. Thousands of would-be Web site defacers, who would never have heard about the Defacers Challenge read about it in the newspapers. He even questioned his own role as a carver - a defacer of wood's natural beauty. Origin Middle English: from Old French desfacier, from des- (expressing removal) + face 'face'. Definition of deface in US English: deface verbdəˈfeɪsdəˈfās [with object] Spoil the surface or appearance of (something), for example by drawing or writing on it. he defaced library books Example sentencesExamples York Minster clergy expressed shock and outrage today after vandals defaced its historic walls with offensive graffiti. A Bedford Bishop says he is ‘fed up’ with vandals defacing his church. My usual idea of political activism is defacing the candidate's photos in their election literature. The persons invading the San Jose office barricaded themselves in a conference room where they defaced the walls and damaged furniture. The vandals have also defaced rocks elsewhere on the moor, including popular routes for walkers and visitors to the area. Madison homeowners are livid after vandals defaced their homes. As Gardaí continue the hunt for reckless vandals who defaced statues of Our Lady at a rural grotto in Kerry, shocked locals held a prayer meeting on the site on Monday night and prayed for forgiveness for the culprits. ‘I couldn't condone anyone defacing the city, even in chalk form,’ said Dublin's Lord Mayor, Dermot Lacey. Government offices were attacked, and trains stopped and defaced. Angry residents claim graffiti vandals are continuing to deface Chiswick's streets because the owners of business and public properties have a ‘lazy attitude’ towards removing tags. I just got through telling him that a kid was defacing school property and it was in his area. The scrawl which defaces many a wall, subway, building, bus shelter and cable box across the district is deeply offensive to many people. The room was wrecked and most of the pews had been stolen or defaced. In one, a Minneapolis housing project is represented as a lawless free-fire zone, with gangsters shooting it out in the streets and anti-Hmong graffiti defacing parked cars. Yet they knew that the Massachusett Indians, for example, considered it impious and inhumane to deface the monuments of the dead. Your eyes glow every single morning, and you're always smiling; you doodle both your names in all the books, even deface public property. Just as people shouldn't drop litter, they shouldn't deface the city with graffiti, and ways need to be found of persuading them to stop doing it. It may sound obvious but cheque book customers should not deface Irish pound cheques by crossing out the currency sign and writing in a euro sign instead - or vice versa. It was part of a Skipton Civic Society project to restore the area and Gwynne Walters, from the society, made a plea to the local community not to deface the bridge nor vandalise the area. A local constituency office in Keighley has been targeted by vandals who have defaced the building with graffiti. In recent weeks the graffiti vandals have defaced the memorial. We are fighting back against the litter louts, the illegal fly-tippers and fly-posters and the vandals who deface the city with graffiti. They moved here in 1959 and kept themselves busy by defacing the books in the local library. Some of them reportedly defaced posters of her in the lobby, writing comments and tossing drinks on her pictures. Speed camera bosses are undeterred by vandals who defaced signs warning drivers that mobile speed cameras operate in the area. Needless to say, I was shocked when I saw this source of pride defaced with black spray paint. Synonyms vandalize, disfigure, mar, spoil, ruin, deform, sully, tarnish, damage Origin Middle English: from Old French desfacier, from des- (expressing removal) + face ‘face’.
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