v. To damage something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.
v. To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value.
v. To alter a coat of arms or a flag by adding an element to it.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of
v. To destroy; to make null.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To mar the face or surface of; disfigure; spoil the appearance of: as, to deface a monument.
To impair or efface; blot or blot out; erase; obliterate; cancel: as, to deface an inscription; to deface a record.
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v. mar or spoil the appearance of
Word Usage
"a collision course with nature – to deface or not to deface, that is the question."