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deface

verb begrime, blacken, blemish, blot, blot out, blotch, blur, cover up, crack, cross out, damage, deform, delete, deprive of form, despoil, destroy, destroy form, disfigure, distort, efface, erase, expunge, flaw, foedare, foul, hurt, impair, impair the legibility of, impair the looks of, injure, make illegible, make ugly, make unsightly, mangle, mar, mar the appearance of, mark, misshape, mutilate, render illegible, rub off, rub out, scar, scratch, scratch out, smear, smudge, soil, spoil, spoil the look of, spot, stain, strike out, sully, tarnish, unshape, warp, wipe away
Associated concepts: cancellation by defacing, defacing pubbic property

See also: damage, destroy, efface, harm, impair, maim, mutilate, spoil, sully, tarnish

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The instructions we gave to people on how to deface posters were ridiculously detailed.

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These girls leave their homes, in the Groves area, off Lodge Lane, Toxteth armed with their felt tips determined to deface all the areas properties.

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According to the report, Cleary also faces charges in the US, where he stands accused of breaking into a number of websites, including that of the US X Factor, in order to deface them and steal personal details.

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The group also said that they do not deface or hack websites randomly, but instead focus their highly targeted attacks on past defacements by Indians hackers.

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Businesses, schools and community centers find themselves constant targets, struggling just to keep up with the taggers who deface their property.

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This company makes products to preserve and beautify, not to deface the neighborhoods we serve.

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It just shows you the sad state of today's society when people think it's a good laugh to deface such a public place.

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That incident and still-vivid memories of it demonstrate the attachment most Americans have for Old Glory - and the disgust they have for those who would deface it.