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deface 音标拼音: [dɪf'es] vt. 损伤外观 损伤外观 deface v 1: mar or spoil the appearance of; " scars defaced her cheeks"; " The vandals disfigured the statue" [ synonym: { deface}, { disfigure}, { blemish}] Deface \ De* face"\ ( d[- e]* f[= a] s"), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Defaced} ( d[- e]* f[= a] st"); p. pr. & vb. n. { Defacing}.] [ OE. defacen to disfigure, efface, OF. desfacier; L. dis- facies face. See { Face}, and cf. { Efface}.] 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. " This high face defaced." -- Emerson. [ 1913 Webster] So by false learning is good sense defaced. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 2. [ Cf. F. d[' e] faire.] To destroy; to make null. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] [ Profane scoffing] doth . . . deface the reverence of religion. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] For all his power was utterly defaste [ defaced]. -- Spenser. Syn: See { Efface}. [ 1913 Webster] 44 Moby Thesaurus words for " deface": batter, blemish, blot, check, cicatrize, contort, crack, craze, damage, deform, demolish, destroy, dilapidate, disfigure, disproportion, distort, dysphemize, flaw, harm, impair, injure, kink, look a fright, look a mess, look bad, look like hell, look something terrible, mangle, mar, misshape, mutilate, offend, offend the eye, ruin, scab, scar, scarify, split, spoil, truncate, twist, uglify, warp, wreck
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