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deface

verb

di-ˈfās

as in to vandalize

to deliberately cause the damage or destruction of another's property the principal vowed to get the punks who defaced the statue in front of the school

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as in to injure

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of years of wear had defaced the fine engraving on the coins

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Recent Examples of deface Another admonishes participants not to urinate in the street, start fights, block streets, climb on cars or deface property — all things that have been problems some years. —

Larry Neumeister, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026 One very analog cost robotics companies are now dealing with as their products proliferate in the wild is repair fees for robots who have been kicked, ridden on, or otherwise defaced, Serve Robotics CEO Ali Kashani tells Semafor. —

Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 1 Apr. 2026 But his image had been defaced with black permanent marker, giving him an impressive handlebar mustache and large glasses with what appears to be eyelashes growing out from them. —

Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026 An inflatable effigy depicting Trump defacing the Constitution made its way through the crowd. —

Nik Popli, Time, 28 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for deface

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According to the Miami Beach Police Department, officers used city camera footage to help identify and track two men who were seen vandalizing the bench in Lummus Park.

— Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
In recent years, incidents of tourists behaving badly, including vandalizing temples and engaging in drunken bar fights, have gone viral on social media.

— Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 20 May 2026