DEFACEMENT
Scrabble letter values: D2E1F4A1C3E1M3E1N1T1 = 18
Definition
- noun the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something. — synonyms: disfigurement, disfiguration, mutilation
Examples
- “the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion”
- “he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape”
- “Some consider the defacement of the Sphinx to be the most egregious crime of Napolean's campaigns.”