Defacing and Smashing

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Defacing noun - Deliberate damaging or destroying of another's property.

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Smashing and defacing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smashing" instead a noun "Defacing".

Nearby Words: deface, defacement, defaced

Smashing noun - The act of breaking something into small pieces.

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Defacing and smashing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defacing" instead a noun "Smashing".

Nearby Words: smash, smashed, smasher, smashable

Generally, whoever goes to the trouble of smashing all the mirrors in their home and removing or defacing all their likenesses has had some disfiguring accident or ego destroying revelation.

Source: House of Broken Mirrors

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