DEFACE Synonyms: 121 Similar and Opposite Words

deface

verb

di-ˈfās

as in to vandalize

to deliberately cause the damage or destruction of another's property the principal vowed to get the punks who defaced the statue in front of the school

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as in to injure

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of years of wear had defaced the fine engraving on the coins

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Recent Examples of deface These public acts were meant not only to deface property, but to send a message of intimidation. —

Laurence Milstein, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026 In Australia, synagogues were firebombed, cars torched and Jewish community buildings defaced – the types of attacks recently seen in the United Kingdom that have prompted calls for a crackdown on antisemitism. —

Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026 No one in Florida had been charged with criminal mischief for defacing a traffic control device until the August arrests. —

Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026 But then on Christmas Day of that year, Roonstrasse was defaced with antisemitic graffiti. —

Daniela R. P. Weiner, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for deface

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San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said in a press release that 39-year-old Hans Haken vandalized a building at the corner of Market and Church streets on May 16 and attacked a resident of the building who confronted him.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 18 June 2026
But goons roaming the streets, vandalizing property and causing mayhem must not be tolerated.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 17 June 2026