Crossword clues for defacing
defacing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Deface \De*face"\ (d[-e]*f[=a]s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defaced (d[-e]*f[=a]st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Defacing.] [OE. defacen to disfigure, efface, OF. desfacier; L. dis- + facies face. See Face, and cf. Efface.]
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To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record. ``This high face defaced.''
--Emerson.So by false learning is good sense defaced.
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[Cf. F. d['e]faire.] To destroy; to make null. [Obs.]
[Profane scoffing] doth . . . deface the reverence of religion.
--Bacon.For all his power was utterly defaste [defaced].
--Spenser.Syn: See Efface.
Wiktionary
n. defacement vb. (present participle of deface English)
Usage examples of "defacing".
For some minutes the invaders busied themselves slashing, defacing and defiling queenly visages.
As he swung like a pendulum, Aliid struck with his sharp rock hammer, chipping off colorful tiles, defacing the image.
The other slave boys did their own damage to the spectacle of Poritrin, as if by defacing the artwork they could rewrite history.
Later, armed with paintbrush and scrubbing tools, she went about defacing all the pentacles from the mansion.
There seems to have been an attempt to disguise the transaction by tearing off the bindings and defacing the coats of arms.
The flare-up with Grumman was only one manifestation of unrest throughout the realm, as were the constant gestures of defiance, vandalism, and defacings of Corrino monuments.
The flare-up with Grumman was only one manifestation of unrest throughout the realm, as were the constant gestures of defiance, vandalism, and defacings of Corrino monuments.