deface
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On Monday, Colbert had commented an interview between John Dickerson of CBS' "Face the Nation" and Trump, during which the latter referred to the network's long-running show as "Deface the Nation."
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2017
Must they, that rear'd her stately temples up, Deface the sacred places of their gods?
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
Not round these splendors Midnight wraps her pall; These leaves the flush of Autumn's vintage hold In Winter's spite, nor can the Northwind bold Deface my chapel's western window small: On one, ah me!
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell
Deface, de-fās′, v.t. to destroy or mar the face or external appearance of, to disfigure: to obliterate.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Deface, Disfigure "The walls of many public buildings are defaced by persons who desire that their names shall remain when they are gone."
From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by Bechtel, John Hendricks
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