Complete Definition of "defacement"

English

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Noun
en-noun

  1. An act of deface|defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfigure|disfiguring something.

#:Some consider the defacement of the Sphinx to be the most egregious crime of Napolean's campaigns.

  1. An act of voiding or devalue|devaluing; nullification of the face value.

#:The soldiers found a variety of creative uses for their payment scrip after its defacement to scrap paper; some used it as toilet paper.

  1. (Vexillology) A symbol added to a flag to change it [the flag] or make it different from another.

#: Note: The word "defacement" in Vexillology has none of the bad connotations its other meanings have.

Synonyms
(act of defacing): disfiguration, graffiti, obliteration, vandalism
(nullification of face value): cancellation, devaluation

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