defacement
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noun
blemish, blot, blotch, blotting out, crack, damage, defect, deformation, deformity, destruction, discoloration, disfiguration, disfigurement, distortion, effacement, erasure, fault, flaw, impairment, injury, injury to outward appearance, marring, mutilation, obliteration, scar, scratch, smear, smudge, soiling, splotch, spot, stain, tarnish, unsightliness, vandalism, wear and tear, wrecking activities
associated concepts: defacement of ballots, defacement of documents, defacement of labels, defacement of monuments, defacement of public property
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index
flaw
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006