defacement
/dษชหfeษชsmษnt/IPA: /D IH0 F EY1 S M AH0 N T/
noun
- 1
An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something.
โSome consider the defacement of the Sphinx to be the most egregious crime of Napolean's campaigns.โ
- 2
An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value.
โThe soldiers found a variety of creative uses for their payment scrip after its defacement to scrap paper; some used it as toilet paper.โ
- 3
(vexillology) A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.
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