defacing

deliberate damaging or destroying of another's property the neo-Nazis' defacing of the synagogue was condemned by the entire community Synonyms defacement, vandalism, trashing, vandalizationRelated Words demolishing, demolishment, desecrating, desecration, destruction, ravage, ravaging, ruin, ruination, wrecking; sabotage; depredation, despoiling, despoilment, looting, marauding, pillage, pillaging, plunder, plundering, predation, ransacking, sacking, spoliationNear Antonyms conservation, preservation, protection, salvage, saving