defacement
Example Sentences
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The 600-foot-long platforms are separated from the walls, keeping them an arm’s length from defacement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
While it is impossible to say when the defacement on the card happened, Dr Goldring said it was "certainly done with a purpose".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
If pressed, some argue the indignation over the defacement itself betrays how little our culture values the planet when compared to inanimate works of canvas and pigment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024
Attorney for the District of Columbia dropped the misdemeanor defacement charges against the two students, Warner DePriest and Erica Caporaletti, in October 2021.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
Such, however, was the love of the beautiful generally diffused, that objects of art were safe from destruction or defacement.
From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
