v. t. | 1. | To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; |
2. | To destroy; to make null. |
Verb | 1. | deface - mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" |
2. | deface - deface a building facade, for example |