English to Afrikaans Meaning of deface - ontsier

Deface :

ontsier

verb

vee, verdryf, slaan uit, uitwis, ontsier, skande

Deface :: ontsierDefaced :: geskendDefacement :: skendingDefaces :: ontsierDefacing :: ontsiering

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Definitions of deface in English

Verb(1) mar or spoil the appearance of

Examples of deface in English

(1) We are fighting back against the litter louts, the illegal fly-tippers and fly-posters and the vandals who deface the city with graffiti.(2) Angry residents claim graffiti vandals are continuing to deface Chiswick's streets because the owners of business and public properties have a ├ö├ç├┐lazy attitude├ö├ç├û towards removing tags.(3) Your eyes glow every single morning, and you're always smiling; you doodle both your names in all the books, even deface public property.(4) It may sound obvious but cheque book customers should not deface Irish pound cheques by crossing out the currency sign and writing in a euro sign instead - or vice versa.(5) Yet they knew that the Massachusett Indians, for example, considered it impious and inhumane to deface the monuments of the dead.(6) Just as people shouldn't drop litter, they shouldn't deface the city with graffiti, and ways need to be found of persuading them to stop doing it.(7) It was part of a Skipton Civic Society project to restore the area and Gwynne Walters, from the society, made a plea to the local community not to deface the bridge nor vandalise the area.(8) The room was wrecked and most of the pews had been stolen or defaced .(9) Reported death threats, defacements and incidents have yet to produce a single major prosecution.(10) In recent weeks the graffiti vandals have defaced the memorial.(11) The sources said recently the district administration had written to the Municipal Corporation to take steps to prevent defacement of government buildings.(12) He even questioned his own role as a carver - a defacer of wood's natural beauty.(13) The abuse and ignorance we deal with from defacers and defacement victims is staggering, and some of that abuse spills over into actual attacks.(14) If the Anti-Graffiti crews can remove the Graffiti within a short space of time, the taggers will certainly lose interest if the defacement of property has been removed and cannot been shown off to mates.(15) As GardaÔö£┬í continue the hunt for reckless vandals who defaced statues of Our Lady at a rural grotto in Kerry, shocked locals held a prayer meeting on the site on Monday night and prayed for forgiveness for the culprits.(16) In one, a Minneapolis housing project is represented as a lawless free-fire zone, with gangsters shooting it out in the streets and anti-Hmong graffiti defacing parked cars.

(1) red deer ::

Rooi takbokke

(2) roe deer ::

gemsbok

(3) female deer ::

vroulike takbokke

(4) deer meat ::

deer vleis

(5) mule deer ::

muil gemsbok

(6) mouse deer ::

muis takbokke

(7) deer park ::

wildpark

(8) deer in the headlights ::

takbokke in die hoofligte

(9) musk deer ::

muskushert

(10) barking deer ::

blaf takbokke

Synonyms

Verb

1. vandalize ::

vandaliseer

2. disfigure ::

ontsier

3. mar ::

mar

4. spoil ::

bederf

5. ruin ::

ondergang

6. sully ::

Sully

7. damage ::

skade

8. blight ::

roes

9. impair ::

benadeel

10. trash ::

asblik

Antonyms

1. doctor ::

dokter

2. fix ::

los

3. mend ::

herstel

4. patch ::

kol

5. rebuild ::

herbou

6. recondition ::

vernuwe

7. reconstruct ::

rekonstrueer

8. renovate ::

knap

9. repair ::

herstel

10. revamp ::

blaas

Different Forms

deface, defaced, defacement, defaces, defacing

Word Example from TV Shows

Are you seriously going to DEFACE your body...

The Big Bang Theory Season 3, Episode 3

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