[{"word":"defacement","phonetic":"/dɪˈfeɪsmənt/","phonetics":[{"text":"/dɪˈfeɪsmənt/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Some consider the defacement of the Sphinx to be the most egregious crime of Napolean's campaigns."},{"definition":"An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The soldiers found a variety of creative uses for their payment scrip after its defacement to scrap paper; some used it as toilet paper."},{"definition":"(vexillology) A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["cancellation","devaluation","disfiguration","graffiti","obliteration","vandalism"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/defacement"]}]