defacement (n)
disfigurement (n)
disfiguration (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 04
def the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
examples 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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Hypernym damage, harm, hurt, scathe
Derivationally related form disfigurement → disfigure
Derivationally related form defacement → deface
Incoming links
Hyponym damage, harm, hurt, scathe
Derivationally related form disfigure → disfigurement
Derivationally related form deface → defacement

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