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defacement
noun
The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
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dɪˈfeɪsmənt
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noun
The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
“The defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion”
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The defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion
He objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape
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