Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: deface
IPA transcription: [dɪf'eɪs]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: deface, disfigure, blemish
    Meaning: mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"
Usage examples
  • That amiable princess being cured of her wounds, and having even obliterated the scars with which Odo had hoped to deface her beauty, returned into England, and was flying to the embraces of the king, whom she still regarded as her husband; when she fell into the hands of a party whom the primate had sent to intercept her.