deface (verb)

  • 91destroy — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To bring to nothing] Syn. ruin, demolish, exterminate, raze, annihilate, tear down, throw down, plunder, ransack, pillage, eradicate, do away with, overthrow, cause the downfall of, devastate, swallow up, butcher, extirpate …

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  • 92vandalize — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. destroy, deface, spray paint, *trash, wreck, smash, break, disfigure, tear apart, ruin, spoil. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To injure or destroy (property) maliciously: Slang: trash. See HELP …

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  • 93blemish — 1. noun 1) not a blemish marred her skin Syn: imperfection, flaw, defect, fault, deformity, discoloration, disfigurement; bruise, scar, pit, pock, pimple, blackhead, wart, scratch, cut, gash; …

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  • 94damage — 1. noun 1) did the thieves do any damage? Syn: harm, destruction, vandalism; injury, impairment, desecration, vitiation, detriment; ruin, havoc, devastation 2) informal what s the damage? Syn …

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  • 95scar — 1. noun 1) the scar on his left cheek Syn: cicatrix, mark, blemish, disfigurement, discoloration, defacement; pockmark, pock, pit; lesion, stigma; birthmark, nevus; (scars) stigmata 2) …

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  • 96wreck — 1. noun 1) salvage teams landed on the wreck Syn: shipwreck, sunken ship, derelict; shell, hull; wreckage 2) the wreck of a stolen car Syn: wreckage, debris, remainder, ruins, remains …

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  • 97adorn — adorn, decorate, ornament, embellish, beautify, deck, bedeck, garnish mean to add something unessential in order to enhance the appearance. These words and especially the first five are often used interchangeably; certain distinctions, however,… …

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  • 98injure — injure, harm, hurt, damage, impair, mar, spoil all mean to affect someone or something so as to rob it of soundness, strength, or perfection or to reduce its value, usefulness, or effectiveness. Injure in its earliest and still frequent sense… …

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  • 99damage — 1. noun 1) did the thieves do any damage? Syn: harm, destruction, vandalism, injury, ruin, devastation 2) (damages) Syn: compensation, recompense, restitution, redress …

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  • 100disfigure — /dɪsˈfɪgə / (say dis figuh) verb (t) (disfigured, disfiguring) 1. to mar the figure, appearance, or beauty of; deform; deface. 2. to mar the effect or excellence of. {Middle English disfigure(n), from Old French desfigurer, from des dis 1 +… …