deface (verb)

  • 81adorn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. ornament, embellish, deck, garnish, beautify. Ant., mar, deface. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. beautify, embellish, ornament, enhance; see decorate . See Synonym Study at decorate . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 82cancel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. delete; offset, neutralize; void, annul; postmark. See nullification, compensation, indication, nonpayment. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To mark out] Syn. erase, eradicate, cross off, cross out, wipe out …

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  • 83corrupt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. demoralize, vitiate, deprave, defile, degrade, debase, debauch; bribe, pervert; contaminate, spoil, taint. adj. wicked, demoralized, immoral, impure, dissolute, depraved, profligate, base; vicious; …

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  • 84injure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. wound, hurt; damage, abuse, deface, mar, impair; wrong, disgrace, dishonor, insult, mistreat, maltreat. See deterioration, evil, malevolence. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. hurt, harm, damage, wound; see… …

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  • 85maim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. cripple, disfigure, mutilate, lame, impair. See deterioration. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. mutilate, mangle, cripple, incapacitate, disable, disfigure, injure, hack, truncate, impair, disqualify,… …

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  • 86score — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. account, reckoning, tally, record; reason; twenty; music, orchestration, arrangement, chart (sl.); notch, scratch. See debt, music, credit, furrow. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A tally] Syn. stock,… …

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  • 87scratch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. score, gash, scrape, rasp, wound, lacerate, deface; erase, withdraw, reject; scribble, scrawl; irritate; sputter. See friction, writing, furrow, shallowness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. hurt, cut, mark;… …

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  • 88beautify — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make beautiful] Syn. adorn, embellish, enhance, ornament; see decorate . 2. [To improve the grounds] Syn. landscape, plant, garden; see improve 1 . See Synonym Study at decorate . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. dress up …

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  • 89blot out — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To mark out] Syn. deface, cross out, scratch out, delete; see cancel 1 . 2. [To obscure] Syn. darken, blur, shroud, eclipse; see shade 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To destroy all traces of: abolish, annihilate, clear,… …

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  • 90deform — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. distort, disfigure, deface, injure; see damage 1 , distort 3 . See Synonym Study at distort . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To alter and spoil the natural form or appearance of: contort, disfigure, distort, misshape, twist …

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