What is the meaning of defacement?

noun

  • The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something.
    • usage: "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape"
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APAWordNet. (2010). defacement. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/defacement/definitions/1190337
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MLAWordNet. "defacement" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/defacement/definitions/1190337>
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