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deface

[dih-feys] / dɪˈfeɪs /


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She’s an aesthete run amok, determined to deface anything that doesn’t live up to her impossible standards.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Those laws make it a crime to assault someone or deface property because of race, religion or nationality, and increase punishments for other crimes when committed based on similar types of bias.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

Donya says people in Tehran continue to deface government billboards and to write "#Mahsa" and "Woman, Life, Freedom" - the rallying cry of the protests - on walls, mostly on the subway.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2023

One survey published in November of last year suggested public support of climate protests may dip after demonstrations such as pretending to deface art.

From National Geographic • Jul. 19, 2023

One neighbor trained his dog to deface Patterson’s property.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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