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Definition: Defacement |
DefacementNoun1. The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "defacement" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Medicine | Defacement: the act of defacing or state of being defaced: injury to surface or outward appearance. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: DefacementSynonyms: disfiguration (n), disfigurement (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amorphism | Disfigurement, defacement; mutilation; deforming. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Defacement |
| English words defined with "defacement": disfiguration, disfigurement. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | They are almost unconscious, and there is in them a horrible defacement. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Defacement" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Defacement" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "defacement": self-defacement. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
defacement | 17 |
defacement group techteam | 3 |
defacement rabobank | 2 |
defacement optiebeurs | 2 |
defacement interpolis | 2 |
defacement euronext | 2 |
bloomberg defacement | 2 |
defacement gilde investment | 2 |
web site defacement | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "defacement"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dëmtim (damnification, defect, deterioration, detriment, disadvantage, disservice, failure, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, lesion, Mar, wound), shtrembërim (contortion, deflection, deflexion, deformation, distortion, misrepresentation, mutilation, perversion, warp), prishje (abolition, annulment, blasting, breach, breaking, breakup, chasm, collapse, corruption, damage, debasement, decay, decomposition, defeat, defilement, depravation, depravity, deterioration, discord, dissolution, failure, obliteration, quarrel, rancidity, rancidness, rot, split up, spoilage, stymie, taint, vitiation, warp, wrecking), fshirje (deletion, effacement, erasure, obliteration, rub, sweeping, wiping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تشويه (deformation, deformity, disfiguration, disfigurement, distortion, falsification, malformation, misrepresentation, perversion, torture, warp), طمس (deface, efface, effacement, monthly, obliterate, obliteration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | обезобразяване (deformation, disfiguration, disfigurement), задраскване (deletion, expurgation), изтриване (abrasion, erasure, obliteration, wipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 毁损 (marred, Marring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zkreslení (coloring, colouring, distortion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dégradation (decay, decomposition, degradation, degrade, denudation, destruction, deterioration, soil degeneration, soil degradation, soil deterioration, surface deterioration), mutilation (defacing), barbouillage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Entstellung (deformation, disfiguration, disfigurement, distortion, perversion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μουντζούρα (stain), παραμόρφωση (bias, bulging, cobbling, deform, deformation, deformity, dent, disfigurement, distortion, distortion(of a rolled or fabricated section), dysmorphosis, malformation, movement, non-sampling error, shear strain, strain, systematic error, warpage, warping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "שחתת מרא". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | eltorzítás (contortion, defeature, disfigurement, distortion), elcsúfítás (disfigurement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | perusakan (attrition, destruction, impairment), pencacatan (deformation, disfigurement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | deturpazione (disfigurement), sfregio (gash, scar, slash), mutilazione (maiming, mutilation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 磨滅 (abrasion, crushing of a nerve, wear and tear), 摩滅 (abrasion, crushing of a nerve, wear and tear), 変 (alteration, debasement, falsification, forgery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | まめつ (abrasion, crushing of a nerve, wear and tear), へ"ぞう (alteration, debasement, falsification, forgery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | dolley (black out, blot, blot on character, blot out, blur, deface, erasure, lack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | efacementday destruição (bale, break-up, consumption, demolition, deprivation, destruction, doom, frustum, havoc, holograph, overthrow, rack, ravage, ruin, ruination, spoliation, undoing, wrack, wreck, wreckage, wrecking), desfiguração (disfiguration, disforest), deformação (buckle, buckling, cobbling, cold flow, creep, crippling, deflexion, deformation, deformity, disfigure, displacement, distortion, distortionist, set, strain, straining, warpage, warping), mutilação (clipping, curtailment, mayhem, mutilation, mutineer, speech clipping). (various references) deteriorare (atrophy, deterioration, disrepair, impairment), desfigurare (contortion, disfigurement, distortion), depreciere (debasement, demonetization, depreciation, devaluation, disparagement, undervaluing), degradare (abasement, abjection, debasement, degradation, gradation, reduction), ştergere (cancellation, deletion, effacement, erasure, obliteration, scraping, wipe). (various references) порча (damage, depravation, deterioration, poisoning, spoilage, vitiation). (various references) desfiguración (disfiguration, disfigurement, misrepresentation), refiguramiento, mutilamiento (emasculation), mutilación (clipping, emasculation, maim, mutilation, speech clipping). (various references) tahrif (falsification, manipulation), silme (cancel, cancellation, deletion, erasion, erasure, obliteration, rubbing, wipe, wiping), silinti (erasion, erasure), kazıntı (erasion, erasure), bozma (annulment, breach, breaking, cancel, cancellation, changing, corruption, dislocation, dissolution, exchange, impairment, infraction, infringement, mutilation, obliteration, perversion, ruining, spoiling, stain, violation, vitiation). (various references) стирання (abrading, abrasion, attrition, deletion, effacement, erasement, erasure, obliteration, rub), спотворення (contortion, deformation, depravation, disfiguration, disfigurement), калічення, вимазування, псування (blasting, corruption, depravation, deterioration, spoilage, spoliation, vitiation, waste). (various references) sự l m xấu đi (debasement, deformation), sự l m mất thể diện sự l m mất uy tín, sự l m mất mặt (snub, snubbing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "defacement": defacements. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "defacement" (pronounced 'De*face"ment'): Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abjurement, Abodement, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acquirement, Acquitment, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjustment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advisement, Affeerment, Afforcement, Affordment, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggroupment, Agistment, Agreement, Agroupment, Ailment, Alignment, Alinement, Allayment, Allegement, Allignment, Allotment, Allurement, Amassment, Amazement, Amendment, Amercement, Amusement, Annexment, Announcement, Annulment, Anointment, Apartment, Appallment, Appeachment, Appeasement, Appertainment, Appliment, Applotment, Appointment, Appraisement, Apprizement, Approachment, Arraignment, Arrestment, Ascertainment, Aspirement, Assailment, Assentment, Assessment, assignment, Assithment, Assortment, Assuagement, Assythment, Astoundment, Attachment, Attainment, Attaintment, Attendment, Attirement, Attornment, auripigment, Availment, Avengement, Averment, Avisement, Avouchment, Bailment, Baptizement, Basement, Batement, Befriendment, Beguilement, Benightment, Benumbment, Bequeathment, Bereavement, Beseechment, Besetment, Besiegement, Bestowment, Betrayment, Betrothment, Betrustment, Bewailment, Bewitchment, Bewrayment, Bisegment, Blastment, Bodement, Bombardment, Bushment, Butment, Cajolement, Casement, Catchment, Cerement, Cessment, Chatoyment, Cloyment, Coadjustment, Commandment, Commencement, Commitment, Compartment, Compilement, Completement, Complotment, Comportment, Concealment, Condolement, Confinement, Confutement, Congealment, Conjurement, Consignment, Containment, Contentment, Contrivement, Controlment, Convincement, Copartment, Counterrolment, Curtailment, Debarment, Debasement, Debatement, Debauchment, Deboshment, Decampment, Decidement, Declarement, Decorement, Deducement, Deferment, Definement, Deforcement, Defraudment, Defrayment, Degradement, Delayment, Denotement, Denouncement, Department, Deplorement, Deportment, Depravement, Deprivement, Derailment, Derangement, Derivement, Desightment, Designment, Despisement, Despoilment, Detachment, Detainment, Determent, Dethronement, Devolvement, Devotement, Diducement, Disagreement, Disannulment, Disappointment, Disarrangement, Disarrayment, Disavowment, Disbandment, Disbarment, Disbursement, Discernment, Discontentment, Diseasement, Disembarkment, Disemboguement, Disemployment, Disenchantment, Disendowment, Disengagement, Disenthrallment, Disgorgement, Disguisement, Disimprovement, Disinterment, Disinthrallment, Dislodgment, Dismastment, Disobligement, Disownment, Dispatchment, Disportment, Disposement, Distillment, Divergement, Divestment, Divinement, Divorcement, Easement, Effacement, Ejectment, Eloignment, Eloinment, Elopement, Embalmment, Embankment, Embarkment, Embasement, Embayment, Embedment, Emboitement, Embossment, Emboyssement, Embracement, Embranchment, Embreathement, Embroilment, Embushment, Empalement, Emplacement, Employment, Enactment, Encampment, Encasement, Encashment, Enchainment, Enchantment, Enclavement, Encroachment, Encrustment, Encystment, Endearment, Endictment, Endowment, Enduement, Endurement, Enfeoffment, Enfoldment, Enforcement, Engagement, Engorgement, Engraffment, Engrailment, Engravement, Engrossment, Engulfment, enhancement, Enjoinment, Enjoyment, Enlacement, Enlargement, Enlistment, Enouncement, Enragement, Enrichment, Enrockment, Enrollment, Enslavement, Enswathement, Entailment, Entassment, Entertainment, Enthrallment, Enthronement, Enticement, Entombment, Entrancement, Entreatment, Entwinement, Enwrapment, Epaulement, Equipment, Erasement, Escapement, Escarpment, Eschewment, Espousement, Estrangement, Estrepement, Evincement, Evolvement, Exaltment, Excitement, Excusement, Exertment, Exhalement, Exhaustment, Explorement, Extolment, Farcement, Feoffment, figment, fitment, Fleshment, Forcement, Foreappointment, Forebodement, Forejudgment, fragment, Freshment, Frightment, fulfillment, garment, Gazement, Imbankment, Imbowment, Imbruement, Imbrutement, Imbuement, Imbursement, Immoment, immurement, Impackment, impairment, Impartment, impeachment, impingement, Imposement, impressment, improvement, Impugnment, Incagement, incasement, Incensement, incitement, Incommodement, Increasement, Incrustment, Indebtment, Indentment, indictment, Inditement, Indorsement, Indowment, inducement, Induement, Indulgement, Infeoffment, Infoldment, infringement, Ingraftment, Ingulfment, Insignment, installment, instillment, Insultment, Intendment, Interchangement, Interlacement, interment, internment, Inthrallment, Intombment, intrenchment, Introducement, Intwinement, Inurement, investment, Invitement, involvement, judgment, jument, Lavement, Ledgment, lodgment, loment, maladjustment, Maltreament, Mandment, Manurement, Mendment, Misadjustment, Misallotment, Misarrangement, Misemployment, Misimprovement, Misjudgment, misplacement, misstatement. 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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-e-f-m-n-t" | |
-2 letters: antecede, cemented, defecate, emendate. | |
-3 letters: cementa, defence, enacted, enfaced, faceted, menaced. | |
-4 letters: anteed, cadent, canted, cement, cetane, deafen, decane, decant, decent, deface, defame, defeat, defect, demean, dement, emceed, enface, facete, fenced, meated, menace, tandem, teamed, teemed, tenace. | |
-5 letters: acned, acted, adeem, admen, amend, ament, anted, cadet, caned, dance, decaf, defat, eaten, edema, emcee, emend, enact, enate, enema, faced, facet, famed, fated, fence, feted, maced, maned, mated, meant, menad, menta, meted, named, tamed. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-e-e-f-m-n-t" | |
+1 letter: defacements. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 66 61 63 65 6D 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . ..-. .- -.-. . -- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01100110 01100001 01100011 01100101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e f a c e m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0066 0061 0063 0065 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38717267697179718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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