deface (redirected from defaces)

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.

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deface

Verb

[-facing, -faced] to deliberately spoil the surface or appearance of

defacement n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

deface - mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" blemish, disfigure mar, deflower, impair, vitiate, spoil - make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" mangle, maul - injure badly by beating pock, scar, pit, mark - mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"

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deface

verb vandalize, damage, destroy, total (slang) injure, mar, spoil, trash (slang) impair, tarnish, obliterate, mutilate, deform, blemish, disfigure, sully

Translations

deface [dɪˈfeɪs] vt → desfigurar, mutilar

deface [dɪˈfeɪs] vt → dégrader; barbouiller rendre illisible

deface [dɪˈfeɪs] vt (with paint etc) → beschmieren;

(slash, tear) → zerstören

deface [dɪˈfeɪs] vt → imbrattare

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deface

v deface [diˈfeis]

to spoil the appearance of The statue had been defaced with red paint.skend, beskadigيُشَوِّه، يَمْحو، يَطْمُس المَعالِمразвалям външния видznetvořitskamfere; skæmmeentstellenκαταστρέφω την όψηdesfigurarvälimust rikkumaبد چهره کردن؛ از قیافه انداختنturmelladéfigurer, dégraderלְהַשְׁחִיתविकृत कर देनाizobličiti, naružitielcsúfítmerusakafmyndasfigurare, deturpare外観を醜くする(외관을) 더럽히다, 훼손하다subjauroti, sudarkytisabojāt; izkropļotmerosakkanschendenskjemme, vansire, skamfereoszpecaćdesfigurara desfiguraобезображиватьzohyzdiť(s)kazitiunakazitivanställa, vanprydaทำให้มีรอยตำหนิgörünüşünü bozmak, çirkinleştirmek損傷...外觀，醜化спотворювати, псуватиصورت بگاڑناlàm mất mặt损伤...外观，丑化