Defacement

de·face  (d-fs)

tr.v. de·faced, de·fac·ing, de·fac·es

1. To mar or spoil the appearance or surface of; disfigure.

2. To impair the usefulness, value, or influence of.

3. Obsolete To obliterate; destroy.

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[Middle English defacen, from Old French desfacier : des-, de- + face, face; see face.]

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de·facea·ble adj.

de·facement n.

de·facer n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

defacement - the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape" disfiguration, disfigurement scathe, damage, harm, hurt - the act of damaging something or someone