The meaning of DEFACE is to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details. How to use deface in a sentence.

Records were on occasion rewritten or defaced to erase all traces of former quarrels which put present governors in a bad light.

DEFACE definition: to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure. See examples of deface used in a sentence.

defaced (dɪˈfeɪst) adj having had the surface, legibility, or appearance spoiled or marred

Definition of 'defaced' defaced in British English (dɪˈfeɪst ) adjective having had the surface, legibility, or appearance spoiled or marred

Definition of deface verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

/dɪˈfeɪs/ IPA guide Other forms: defaced; defacing; defaces If you deface something, you've blemished or disfigured it in some way. For example, graffiti can deface a statue. To deface something means …

de•face /dɪˈfeɪs/ v. [ ~ + obj], -faced, -fac•ing. disfigure: defacing all the posters. de•face•ment, n. [uncountable] See -face-. de•face (di fās′), v.t., -faced, -fac•ing. disfigure: to deface a wall by writing …

Dec 11, 2025 · deface (third-person singular simple present defaces, present participle defacing, simple past and past participle defaced) To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a …

The building was defaced with graffiti. He was fined for defacing public property.