defacement
Example Sentences
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The 600-foot-long platforms are separated from the walls, keeping them an arm’s length from defacement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
If pressed, some argue the indignation over the defacement itself betrays how little our culture values the planet when compared to inanimate works of canvas and pigment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024
The ruling Georgian Dream party condemned the defacement of the icon but has not commented on the national debate about the role of Stalin.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2024
“Over several weeks, the protesters covered streets, sidewalks, and storefronts with paint and chalk. The markings were ubiquitous and in open violation of the District’s defacement ordinance, yet none of the protesters were arrested.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
Never before has there been such widespread ravage of the earth's surface by the destruction of vegetation, and with it, animal life, and such wholesale defacement of the earth.
From Supplement to Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador Supplement to an Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. Before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation in January, 1911 by William Charles Henry Wood
