defacement

Examples

• All

• The laws governing defacement of public buildings in France go back to nineteenth-century edicts forbidding political posters.

  Academic text (1990)

• On the contrary, it's been a horrific a.m. There was a defacement of public buildings.

  Demolition Man (1993)

• "That comes under defacement of property.

  Fiction book (1998)

• And this sort of defacement will not be tolerated.

  Celia (1989)

• It was defacement of property.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Still, most newspapers reported the defacement as an act of racial aggression rather than a tasteless joke.

  Academic text (1991)

• Willful defacement of property.

  Fiction book (2000)

• LONDON -- A 26-year-old man was arrested Monday for the defacement of a Mark Rothko painting at London's leading contemporary art museum.

  Blog text (19)

• Vandalism led to a significant defacement of the local park's playground equipment.

• The artist was arrested for the defacement of the public wall with his controversial murals.

Synonyms

V

vandalism

vsdefacement

57 4.1

Damage done on purpose to other people's property, like graffiti or broken windows

focuses specifically on harming the surface look rather than all damage types

D

disfigurement

vsdefacement

9 7.3

A visible change that makes parts of the body look damaged after injury, disease, or birth defect

refers to the deliberate act of spoiling a surface rather than the resulting state

M

mutilation

vsdefacement

• NSFW

7 7.9

Damage to the outside of something that makes it look spoiled

is about spoiling appearance, often less extreme than severe physical damage

V

vandalization

vsdefacement

1 5.8

Damage done on purpose to public or private property including things online

is limited to spoiling the visible surface rather than all property harm

D

disfiguration

vsdefacement

1 8.0

Damage to the look of something that makes it seem broken or ugly

highlights deliberate surface harm rather than any accidental or internal change

U

uglification

vsdefacement

1 9.1

Making a place or building look less attractive

is similar but centers on spoiling the surface rather than general ugliness

M

malicious mischief

vsdefacement

• Jargon

1 8.2

A crime of damaging another person's property on purpose

is narrower, naming deliberate harm that specifically spoils surfaces or looks

S

spoiling

vsdefacement

1 3.4

An act that damages something so it becomes less enjoyable or valuable

is specifically about harming the visible surface or appearance rather than value

Antonyms

R

restoration

98 3.4

The act of returning something to its original state

P

preservation

90 3.8

Keeping things safe and in good condition, for example food or buildings

How Damaging

destruction

849 3.0

vandalism

57 4.1

defacement

1 7.4

mar

4 8.0

scratch

203 1.6

mark

468 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology