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deface

verb

🔊/dɪˈfeɪs/

🔊/dɪˈfeɪs/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they deface	🔊/dɪˈfeɪs/ 🔊/dɪˈfeɪs/
he / she / it defaces	🔊/dɪˈfeɪsɪz/ 🔊/dɪˈfeɪsɪz/
past simple defaced	🔊/dɪˈfeɪst/ 🔊/dɪˈfeɪst/
past participle defaced	🔊/dɪˈfeɪst/ 🔊/dɪˈfeɪst/
-ing form defacing	🔊/dɪˈfeɪsɪŋ/ 🔊/dɪˈfeɪsɪŋ/

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deface something to damage the appearance of something especially by drawing or writing on it损伤…的外貌（尤指乱涂、乱写）
- They were charged with defacing public property.他们被控破坏公共财产。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Deface is used with these nouns as the subject:
vandal
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French desfacier, from des- (expressing removal) + face ‘face’.