Defacing
Defacing noun - Deliberate damaging or destroying of another's property.
Usage example: the neo-Nazis' defacing of the synagogue was condemned by the entire community
Despoiling and defacing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Despoiling" instead a noun "Defacing".
Despoiling
Defacing and despoiling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defacing" instead a noun "Despoiling".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- spoil and defacing
- spoil and despoiling
- destruction and defacing
- destruction and despoiling
- wreck and defacing
- wreck and despoiling
- damage and defacing
- damage and despoiling
- desecration and defacing
- desecration and despoiling
- pillage and defacing
- pillage and despoiling
- plunder and defacing
- plunder and despoiling
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Despoiling and Defacing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defacing/despoiling
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