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UK
/dɪfˈeɪs/
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[ US /dɪˈfeɪs/ ]
[ US /dɪˈfeɪs/ ]
VERB
-
mar or spoil the appearance of
scars defaced her cheeks
The vandals disfigured the statue
How To Use deface In A Sentence
- 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.
- The *victim* of the defacement is the person who is intended to be fearful. The Volokh Conspiracy » The Shmulevich Case — Facts and New York Law, as I Can Best Figure Them Out:
- Your eyes glow every single morning, and you're always smiling; you doodle both your names in all the books, even deface public property.
- No photocopied or defaced vouchers accepted. The Sun
- The final programmes will engagingly escort us to the present day, via a coin defaced by Suffragettes, a plate from the Russian revolution, and a credit card, to the final object. A History of the World in 100 Objects is Radio 4 at its best
- The piano, decrepit on its legs, though made of good wood painted black and gilded, was dirty, defaced, and scratched; and its keys, worn like the teeth of old horses, were yellowed with the fuliginous colors of the pipe. A Daughter of Eve
- Somebody has defaced one of city hall's famous murals and it must be replaced. The Sun
- A confusion of lorries and cement mixers defaced the area just past the green.
- Voucher must be produced on arrival, no defaced or photocopies accepted. The Sun
- No copied, damaged or defaced coupons accepted. The Sun