The vandals defaced the statue by spray-painting it.
涂鸦者用喷漆破坏了雕像。
What is the synonym of “deface” as used in the sentence: “The old building was defaced by graffiti artists”?
B — vandalize. “deface” means v. to ruin the appearance of something by damaging or vandalizing it
Vandals tried to ______ the beautiful statue with cans of spray paint.
A — deface. “deface” means v. to ruin the appearance of something by damaging or vandalizing it
deface — v. to ruin the appearance of something by damaging or vandalizing it. In Chinese: 损坏，毁坏.
deface is pronounced /dɪˈfeɪs/. It breaks into 2 syllables: de · face.
The vandals defaced the statue by spray-painting it. (涂鸦者用喷漆破坏了雕像。)
vandalize, mar, disfigure, damage — all close in meaning to deface (v. to ruin the appearance of something by damaging or vandalizing it).
Yes. deface appears on the iSEE Vocab Middle list, which covers 672 words for the ISEE and SSAT.
de(remove)+face(face)= to damage face or appearance, deface.