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Synonyms for defacement
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-feys |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfeɪs |
Définition of defacement
Origin :- 1560s, from deface + -ment.
- noun mutilation
- One of the islanders might chance to observe the defacement of the tomb.
- Extract from : « Tongues of Conscience » by Robert Smythe Hichens
- They are never disfigured with vile language or other defacement.
- Extract from : « Farm Boys and Girls » by William Arch McKeever
- It was its extreme hardness that saved it from destruction and defacement.
- Extract from : « Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland » by T. O. Russell
- Val knew it in a moment, in spite of its marks of defacement.
- Extract from : « Elster's Folly » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- The idea that the chiefs who erected these monuments were the authors of their defacement is too absurd for serious consideration.
- Extract from : « The Ancient Cities of the New World » by Dsir Charnay
- About eight o'clock the sedan was brought home empty, and without a sign of defacement inside or out.
- Extract from : « The Prince of India, Volume II » by Lew. Wallace
- The Journal had been calling the attention of its readers to the defacement of the landscape by billboard advertisers.
- Extract from : « The Americanization of Edward Bok » by Edward William Bok
- In England, the purpose of the defacement marks is primarily to prevent the stamp being used again.
- Extract from : « Her Majesty's Mails » by William Lewins
- By the following simple method this can be done without any injury or defacement of the ivory.
- Extract from : « Miss Leslie's Lady's New Receipt-Book » by Eliza Leslie
- Pictures of generals or royalties are especially liable to defacement with opprobrious epithets.
- Extract from : « A Librarian's Open Shelf » by Arthur E. Bostwick
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