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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 [dɪˈfeɪs]

vb

(tr) to spoil or mar the surface, legibility, or appearance of; disfigure

defaceable  adj

defacement  n

defacer  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 It's illegal to deface banknotes.

Translations

deface [dɪˈfeɪs] VT [+ wall, monument] → llenar de pintadas; [+ work of art, poster, book] → pintarrajear

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deface [dɪˈfeɪs] vt [+ wall, notice] → dégrader

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deface

vt → verunstalten

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deface [dɪˈfeɪs] vt (wall, monument) → deturpare; (work of art) → sfregiare; (statue) → mutilare; (poster) → imbrattare

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deface

v deface [diˈfeis]

to spoil the appearance of The statue had been defaced with red paint. skend, beskadig يُشَوِّه، يَمْحو، يَطْمُس المَعالِم развалям външния вид znetvořit skamfere; skæmme entstellen καταστρέφω την όψη desfigurar välimust rikkuma بد چهره کردن؛ از قیافه انداختن tuhria défigurer, dégrader לְהַשְׁחִית विकृत कर देना izobličiti, naružiti elcsúfít merusak afmynda sfigurare, deturpare 外観を醜くする 흉하게 하다 subjauroti, sudarkyti sabojāt; izkropļot merosakkan schenden skjemme, vansire, skamfere oszpecać desfigurar a desfigura обезображивать zohyzdiť (s)kaziti unakaziti vanställa, vanpryda ทำให้มีรอยตำหนิ görünüşünü bozmak, çirkinleştirmek 損傷...外觀，醜化 спотворювати, псувати صورت بگاڑنا làm mất mặt 损伤...外观，丑化