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/dɪˈfeɪsmənt/ · noun
An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something..
Some consider the defacement of the Sphinx to be the most egregious crime of Napolean's campaigns.
The soldiers found a variety of creative uses for their payment scrip after its defacement to scrap paper; some used it as toilet paper.
Use defacement when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Defacement means An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something..
Common synonyms include disfiguration, graffiti, obliteration, vandalism.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Some consider the defacement of the Sphinx to be the most egregious crime of Napolean's campaigns.
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