English noun: defacement | |||
1. | defacement (act) the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something | ||
Samples | The defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion. He objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape. | ||
Synonyms | disfiguration, disfigurement | ||
Broader (hypernym) | damage, harm, hurt, scathe | ||