Defacement

Defacement
Defacement De*face"ment, n. 1. The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration. [1913 Webster]

2. That which mars or disfigures. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]


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  • defacement — I noun blemish, blot, blotch, blotting out, crack, damage, defect, deformation, deformity, destruction, discoloration, disfiguration, disfigurement, distortion, effacement, erasure, fault, flaw, impairment, injury, injury to outward appearance,… …   Law dictionary

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  • defacement — 1560s, from DEFACE (Cf. deface) + MENT (Cf. ment) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Défacement — Un défacement, défaçage ou défiguration (defacing en anglais) est un anglicisme désignant la modification non sollicitée de la présentation d un site web, suite au piratage de ce site. Il s agit donc d une forme de détournement de site Web par un …   Wikipédia en Français

  • defacement — noun a) An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something. Some consider the defacement of the Sphinx to be the most egregious crime of Napoleans campaigns. b) An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face… …   Wiktionary

  • defacement — deface ► VERB ▪ spoil the surface or appearance of. DERIVATIVES defacement noun …   English terms dictionary

  • defacement — noun 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 • Derivationally …   Useful english dictionary

  • Defacement (vandalism) — In common usage, to deface something refers to marking or removing the part of an object (especially images, be they on the page, in illustrative art or as a sculpture) designed to hold the viewers attention. Example acts of defacement could… …   Wikipedia

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