deface
Example Sentences
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If we build it, they will deface it.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024
But police have gone further, declaring an exclusion zone around the Cenotaph and stationing a 24-hour guard around the memorial, amid concerns that some protesters may seek to deface it.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2023
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
“Don’t you know it is against the law to deface a passport?”
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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