deface - use in sentences

Object

  • poster: However it is a bit naughty of them to use pro London 2012 stickers to deface the propaganda posters on the Paris Metro!
  • site: Even if a hacker is successful at breaking into a system, they can't deface the web site.
  • building: Shop blinds had defaced the building to mask solar glare.
  • book: In some cases the library had scanned from defaced books which also lead to poor quality extracts.

Modifying Another Word

  • not: We will not deface the rock by chopping or adding holds.

Subject

  • litter: We target land that has become defaced by litter and refuse and prosecute negligent owners.

Modifying Another Word

  • much: These works are much defaced, the hewn stones having been carried off to make field dikes.
  • now: On the lintel, Meryra kneels to adore the cartouches of the Aten, King and Queen ( now defaced ).
  • deliberately: Also the many murals which were defaced deliberately we believe by later rulers?

Preposition: in

  • way: Manufacturers labels must not be altered or defaced in any way.

Preposition: with

  • graffito: The street signs are mostly defaced with graffiti or vandalized.
  • paint: The 80 year old monument was defaced with red paint and the words ' Why glorify war?

Preposition: by

  • graffito: Everything from swings and roundabouts to safety surfacing and local buildings have been destroyed, damaged, ripped up or defaced by graffiti.
  • litter: We target land that has become defaced by litter and refuse and prosecute negligent owners.

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