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be defaced
verb
To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.
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Rome cannot be defaced by those who want it to became the set of the Godfather".
The Constitution is not going to be defaced by the "Marriage Protection Amendment," as its supporters style it.
A signpost near the kangaroos, making the sacrilegious claim that the continents shifted 40m years ago, used to be defaced almost daily.
Rome cannot be defaced by those who want it to became the set of the Godfather," said Matteo Orfini, president of the ruling Democratic party.
Michael Jordan has, indeed, been called a human billboard, but he's acutely conscious of the fact that a billboard can be defaced.
The British Parliament's Colonial Naval Defence Act of 1865 provided that the British Blue Ensign would be "defaced" by a badge for each government department or colony making use of it.
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Kiosks have been defaced.
It was defaced.
It's not being defaced.
HBGary Federal's Web site was defaced.
The painting was defaced yesterday.
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