Synonyms of deface

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deface 1 of 2

verb

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1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vandalize
• destroy
• ruin
• demolish
• smash
• damage
• trash
• violate
• desecrate
• graffiti
• mar
• wreck
• break
• harm
• impair
• shatter
• tag
• sabotage
• spoil
• waste
• despoil
• raze
• ravage
• hurt
• annihilate
• sack
• loot
• devastate
• pillage
• plunder
• wipe out
• scourge
• wrack
• total
• raven
• tear down
• ransack
• bang up
• maraud
• depredate
• spoliate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protect
• preserve
• save
• conserve
• build
• salvage
• rebuild

• protect
• preserve
• save
• conserve
• build
• salvage
• rebuild

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2

as in to mar

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

years of wear had defaced the fine engraving on the coins

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mar
• damage
• injure
• disfigure
• cripple
• weaken
• hurt
• spoil
• compromise
• impair
• destroy
• harm
• erode
• break
• blemish
• ruin
• bloody
• vitiate
• undermine
• flaw
• crab
• shatter
• demolish
• tarnish
• deteriorate
• wound
• scour
• endamage
• mutilate
• blight
• dent
• cross (up)
• wreck
• batter
• maim
• smash
• raze
• botch
• lacerate
• devastate
• enervate
• dint
• enfeeble
• mangle
• disable
• wash out
• annihilate
• ding
• waste
• pulverize
• decimate
• torture
• queer
• crush
• clobber
• bash
• lame
• desolate
• torment
• wipe out
• scourge
• total
• wear (away)
• hamstring
• dash
• bang up
• tear down
• do in
• gum (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reconstruct
• repair
• rebuild
• renovate
• patch
• fix
• help
• revamp
• rehabilitate
• mend
• rectify
• revise
• heal
• recondition
• edit
• cure
• remedy
• improve
• enhance
• remodel
• enrich
• better
• perfect
• doctor
• refine
• ameliorate
• meliorate

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• reconstruct
• repair
• rebuild
• renovate
• patch
• fix
• help
• revamp
• rehabilitate
• mend
• rectify
• revise
• heal
• recondition
• edit
• cure
• remedy
• improve
• enhance
• remodel
• enrich
• better
• perfect
• doctor
• refine
• ameliorate
• meliorate

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defacement

2 of 2

noun

as in vandalism

deliberate damaging or destroying of another's property

the defacement of the school's property ended up costing hundreds of dollars

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vandalism
• vandalization
• destruction
• defacing
• trashing
• desecration
• wrecking
• sabotage
• desecrating
• demolishing
• demolishment
• ruination
• ravaging
• looting
• plundering
• ruin
• ravage
• spoliation
• depredation
• despoiling
• predation
• pillaging
• pillage
• marauding
• plunder
• ransacking
• despoilment
• sacking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protection
• preservation
• conservation
• saving
• salvage

• protection
• preservation
• conservation
• saving
• salvage