defacement Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
    disfiguration; disfigurement.
    • the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion
    • he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape

WordNet


De*face"ment noun
Definitions
  1. The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration.
  2. That which mars or disfigures. Bacon.

Webster 1913