defacement
Collocations
3VERB + DEFACEMENT
consider
DEFACEMENT + NOUN
paper, scrap, sphinx
PREP.
after
Definitions
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.
An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value.
The soldiers found a variety of creative uses for their payment scrip after its defacement to scrap paper; some used it as toilet paper.
A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
- disfigurement
- disfiguration
- mutilation
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
2Some consider the defacement of the Sphinx to be the most egregious crime of Napolean's campaigns.
WiktionaryThe soldiers found a variety of creative uses for their payment scrip after its defacement to scrap paper; some used it as toilet paper.
Wiktionary