Synonyms and Antonyms of deface
1
to deliberately cause the damage or destruction of another's property
- the principal vowed to get the punks who defaced the statue in front of the school
desecrate, violate
graffiti, tag
bang up, break, damage, harm, hurt, impair, mar, shatter, spoil
annihilate, demolish, destroy, devastate, ravage, raven, raze, ruin, scourge, smash, tear down, total, waste, wipe out, wrack, wreck
sabotage
depredate, despoil, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, ransack, sack, spoliate
2
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
- years of wear had defaced the fine engraving on the coins
blemish, bloody, break, compromise, crab, cripple, cross (up), damage, disfigure, endamage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, spoil, vitiate
deteriorate, enervate, enfeeble, undermine, weaken
erode, scour, wash out, wear (away)
blight, tarnish
dent, ding, dint
botch, gum (up), queer
lacerate, wound
disable, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, torment, torture
annihilate, bang up, bash, batter, clobber, crush, dash, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, pulverize, raze, ruin, scourge, shatter, smash, tear down, total, waste, wipe out, wreck
cure, heal, help, rectify, rehabilitate, remedy
edit, remodel, revise
ameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect, refine
