de|face´a|ble

de|face´a|ble
de|face «dih FAYS», transitive verb, -faced, -fac|ing.
1. to spoil the appearance of; mar: »

Thoughtless boys have defaced the desks by marking on them. Scribbled pictures and notes defaced the pages of the book.

2. Figurative. to blot out; obliterate: »

to deface the record.

[< Old French defacer < de- away from (< Latin dis-) + face face]
de|face´a|ble, adjective.
Synonym Study 1 Deface, disfigure mean to spoil the appearance of someone or something. Deface means to spoil the surface of something by blotting out an important detail, by scratching something in, or by wearing down, as by the result of weather or age: »

The walls of the subway were defaced with crude drawings and jokes. The inscription is too badly defaced to be read.

Disfigure suggests spoiling the beauty of a person or thing by permanent injury too deep or serious to repair: »

The accident left her face disfigured.


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