deface
verb /dɪˈfeɪs/
/dɪˈfeɪs/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they deface | /dɪˈfeɪs/ /dɪˈfeɪs/ |
| he / she / it defaces | /dɪˈfeɪsɪz/ /dɪˈfeɪsɪz/ |
| past simple defaced | /dɪˈfeɪst/ /dɪˈfeɪst/ |
| past participle defaced | /dɪˈfeɪst/ /dɪˈfeɪst/ |
| -ing form defacing | /dɪˈfeɪsɪŋ/ /dɪˈfeɪsɪŋ/ |
- deface something to damage the appearance of something especially by drawing or writing on it
- They were charged with defacing public property.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDeface is used with these nouns as the subject:- vandal
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French desfacier, from des- (expressing removal) + face ‘face’.