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defacing

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verb

present participle of deface
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for defacing
Noun
  • June 27 Assault, battery, false imprisonment, vandalism, resist/delay peace officer: At 6:36 p.m., deputies responded to a disturbance at a residence in the 13000 block of Shadow Oaks Way.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 6 July 2025
  • Or will the line be drawn at accusations of vandalism and murdered chickens?
    Mike Hendricks July 6, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2025
Verb
  • Image Since then, mobs have arrived in neighborhoods where Hindus live, vandalizing temples and targeting homes.
    Saif Hasnat, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Some of the kids quickly get up to no good, vandalizing the graves of the Duttons.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • But if enacted, some of the ideas proposed also risk destroying a nascent private sector and worsening the country’s ongoing humanitarian crisis.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Online records show that Lamb was charged with homicide, kidnap-false imprisonment, evidence-destroying and procure for prostitute.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Hopefully the residents of Hawkins will have peace in the end — but not before more destruction.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 16 July 2025
  • Video footage of the waterspout and photos of the destruction at Paw Paw Point were reviewed and verified by the NWS.
    Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • Since March 14, severe weather has left a trail of destruction, toppling trees, demolishing homes, and igniting wildfires, the Associated Press reported.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
  • By 2006, Alcatel-Lucent, the building’s owner at the time, was considering demolishing the property.
    Celia Fernandez,Raffi Paul, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Authorities accused an Arlington Heights man of hitting and injuring a Chicago Police officer while driving under the influence Sunday on the West side, according to a news release.
    Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
  • They two men are also charged with injuring another person, according to Patch.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • For example, Netflix uses it to deliver seamless streaming to millions, scaling efficiently without compromising speed.
    Jyothish R, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Now, as Teddy barrels ahead with a Senate campaign, they are targeted by an anonymous leaker showing them in compromising positions.
    New York Times, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Some in Biden's family have been shocked by the number of Democrats trashing his Hunter decision on the record, sources tell us.
    Axios, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The hotel alleged that Payne was intoxicated on drugs and alcohol, and had been trashing his room at the time of the disturbance.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Defacing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defacing. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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