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DEFACEMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does defacement mean?
• DEFACEMENT (noun)
The noun DEFACEMENT has 1 sense:
1. the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
Familiarity information: DEFACEMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
defacement; disfiguration; disfigurement; mutilation
Context example:
he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape
Hypernyms ("defacement" is a kind of...):
damage; harm; hurt; scathe (the act of damaging something or someone)
Derivation:
deface (mar or spoil the appearance of)
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