[{"word":"defaced","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"After the painting was defaced a decade ago, it went viral and has been a tourist attraction ever since."},{"definition":"To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value of.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He defaced the I.O.U. notes by scrawling \"void\" over them."},{"definition":"(flags) To alter a coat of arms or a flag by adding an element to it.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"You get the Finnish state flag by defacing the national flag with the state coat of arms placed in the middle of the cross."}],"synonyms":["cancel","devalue","nullify","void","disfigure","mar","obliterate","scar","vandalize"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deface","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/defaced"]}]