Hypertext Webster Gateway: "defacement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Defacement \De*face"ment\, n.
1. The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced;
injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration.
2. That which mars or disfigures. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
defacement
n : the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something;
"the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish
invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive
disfigurement of the landscape" [syn: {disfigurement}, {disfiguration}]
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