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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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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 defaced
Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
When the university received multiple reports of vandalism targeted at a Jewish student − including that his home was egged, his door defaced and feces smeared around his home − the university did not assess the situation.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2024
Posters of the president and his father Hafez, who began the family’s tyrannical rule five decades earlier, had been defaced, shot through or ripped apart.
—Justin Salhani, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
Photos and videos on Sunday showed Assad posters being defaced, statues toppled, and government buildings raided, with crowds gathering in the streets to celebrate the end of the regime.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Dec. 2024
Blue splatters of paint have since come to accompany the mural after it was defaced.
—Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
What the 37-year-old rapper is pissed about is that this billboard-sized monument to his greatness was defaced.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Whoever defaced the Kendrick mural in Compton must be waking up surprised that their scribbling prompted the opening salvo for the record.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
Min has faced a barrage of attacks related to his DUI arrest last year and last month had his campaign signs defaced with anti-Asian slurs.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
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Daley wasn’t interested, knowing that in certain white neighborhoods, those signs would be defaced or destroyed.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
When the university received multiple reports of vandalism targeted at a Jewish student − including that his home was egged, his door defaced and feces smeared around his home − the university did not assess the situation.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2024
Posters of the president and his father Hafez, who began the family’s tyrannical rule five decades earlier, had been defaced, shot through or ripped apart.
—Justin Salhani, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
Photos and videos on Sunday showed Assad posters being defaced, statues toppled, and government buildings raided, with crowds gathering in the streets to celebrate the end of the regime.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Dec. 2024
Blue splatters of paint have since come to accompany the mural after it was defaced.
—Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
What the 37-year-old rapper is pissed about is that this billboard-sized monument to his greatness was defaced.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Whoever defaced the Kendrick mural in Compton must be waking up surprised that their scribbling prompted the opening salvo for the record.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
Min has faced a barrage of attacks related to his DUI arrest last year and last month had his campaign signs defaced with anti-Asian slurs.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for defaced
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The Pilsen church, Lozano said, has been vandalized and attacked by right-wing extremists in the past.Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025
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And three others in Louisville, Kentucky, were vandalized earlier this year.Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
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Both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and President-elect Donald Trump often presented distorted views of the health of the labor market, with the Democratic angle largely focusing solely on headline labor market growth and Trump mischaracterizing the gains solely as a pandemic rebound.Derek Saul, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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The track is a nearly motionless waltz, with dark ambient stirrings of distorted guitar, wafting toward relief or death.Jon Pareles, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Of the 58 Leopard 1s the Ukrainians received between July 2023 and early September, just six have been confirmed destroyed.David Axe, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Helene destroyed homes and roads, stranded residents without phone service and water, and claimed the lives of nearly 250 people throughout the Southeast.Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2024
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But others argue these budget controls are ensuring Connecticut won’t return to the 2010s, a decade marred by frequent annual deficits and some of the largest tax hikes in state history.Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
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The couple welcomed two children, True, 6, and Tatum, 2, but their romance was marred by Thompson's multiple cheating scandals.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
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Harnessing advanced manufacturing Charlotte, as a boat strike victim with air bubbles trapped under its deformed shell, was considered non-releasable and completely dependent on human care.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2024
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In the interview, Northam was discussing legislation in Virginia and a hypothetical situation in which a mother’s life was in danger during delivery involving a severely deformed or non-viable fetus.Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow, Miami Herald, 28 June 2024
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When the government has demolished shantytowns, citizens have been relocated, but undocumented immigrants have not, UNICEF said.Julie Bourdin, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Finally, the wall that had the last remaining barely visible image of Christ was demolished.Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
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At least 35 people were injured in the incident, officials said, and at the time some were hospitalized in critical condition.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
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Within the past 24-hours— according to Gaza’s Health Ministry— more than 59 people have been killed by strikes in the area and more than 270 have been injured.Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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The condition, which occurs due to a portion of the skull being misshapen or too small, can cause symptoms like headaches, dizziness and vertigo, weak muscles, difficulty with balance or coordination, neck pain, trouble swallowing or breathing, insomnia, seizures, slow heart rhythm and more.Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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The misshapen cells build up and block blood vessels, cutting off oxygen to parts of the body and causing episodes of excruciating pain.Emily Mullin, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Defaced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defaced. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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