Deface — Defs

01 v. t. To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important feature…

imp. & p. p. Defaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Defacing

1.
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; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record.
“So by false learning is good sense defaced.” — Pope.
2.
To destroy; to make null.[Obs.]
“[Profane scoffing] doth . . . deface the reverence of religion.” — Bacon.

“For all his power was utterly defaste [defaced].” — Spenser.

Syn. See Efface.