deface

Meaning

1. To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.
2. To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value of.
3. To alter a coat of arms or a flag by adding an element to it.

Synonyms

disfigure

damage

blemish

deform

distort

mar

ruin

corrupt

destroy

make ugly

blight

spoil

deflower

taint

impair

degrade

blast

pervert

harm

hit

hurt

jaundice

kill

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lose

mash

misrepresent

murder

mutilate

obliterate

plague

prejudice

profane

pulverise

pulverize

shade

strain

subvert

uglify

undo

use up

vitiate

wreck

do for

shake down

lose a fortune

batter

desfigure

blot out

break

contort

damask

debase

debauch

decimate

decompose

demote

deprave

despoil

devastate

drag down

efface

erase

extinguish

graduate

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈfeɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: defacen

In summary

From Middle English defacen, from Old French defacier, desfacier (“to mutilate, destroy, disfigure”), from des- (“away from”) (see dis-) + Late Latin facia.