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6 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈfeɪs/Part of speech verbSorted acdeefStarts with DEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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  1. mar or spoil the appearance of

Word origin

From Middle English defacen, from Old French defacier, desfacier (“to mutilate, destroy, disfigure”), from des- (“away from”) (see dis-) + Late Latin facia.

Used in a sentence

  • 1869: George Eliot, The Legend of Jubal That wondrous frame where melody began / Lay as a tomb defaced that no eye cared to scan.
  • After the painting was defaced a decade ago, it went viral and has been a tourist attraction ever since.
  • He defaced the I.O.U. notes by scrawling "void" over them.

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