OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 16901

deface

/dɪˈfeɪs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pintarrajear
To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.
1869: George Eliot, The Legend of Jubal That wondrous frame where melody began / Lay as a tomb defaced that no eye cared to scan.
After the painting was defaced a decade ago, it went viral and has been a tourist attraction ever since.