All deface synonyms
de·face
D d verb deface
- vandalize — to destroy or deface by vandalism: Someone vandalized the museum during the night.
- obliterate — to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
- demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- sully — to soil, stain, or tarnish.
- harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- blemish — A blemish is a small mark on something that spoils its appearance.
- disfigure — to mar the appearance or beauty of; deform; deface: Our old towns are increasingly disfigured by tasteless new buildings.
- injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- tarnish — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
- scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- wreck — any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
- distort — to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- impair — to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
- contort — If someone's face or body contorts or is contorted, it moves into an unnatural and unattractive shape or position.
- spoil — to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- trash — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- mangle — to smooth or press with a mangle.
- deform — If something deforms a person's body or something else, it causes it to have an unnatural shape. In technical English, you can also say that the second thing deforms.
- dilapidate — to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- mar — to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil: That billboard mars the view. The holiday was marred by bad weather.
- mutilate — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- vandalise — to destroy or deface by vandalism: Someone vandalized the museum during the night.
- misshape — to shape badly or wrongly; deform.
noun deface
- clean out — If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- use up — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- lay waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- wrecker — a person or thing that wrecks.
- ruination — the act or state of ruining or the state of being ruined.