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Definition of Defacements
1. defacement [n] - See also: defacement
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defacements
Literary usage of Defacements
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science and Technology to Counter Terrorism: Proceedings of an Indo-U.S by Roddam Narasimha, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), United States, Office of Naval Research (2007)
"Special defacements are more critical and may have an economic impact.
Such defacements would include sites maintained by the government, security agencies, ..."
2. Documents of the Convention of the State of New York, 1867-'68 by New York (State), Constitutional Convention (1868)
"Q. You did not know that the contracts were to be invalidated by irregularities
and defacements ? A. No, sir. Q. And stamps were to be taken off? ..."
3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides (1818)
"An information was at length given in by some sojourn- ers and their footmen,
relating indeed not at all to the Mercuries, but to the defacements of other ..."
4. A Book for All Readers: Designed as an Aid to the Collection, Use, and by Ainsworth Rand Spofford (1900)
"One of the most common defacements which library books undergo is marking up the
... Such vile practices or defacements are not always traceable to the true ..."
5. Report Upon the Development of Public Grounds for Greater Baltimore by Olmsted Brothers, Municipal Art Society of Baltimore (1904)
"These defacements are in the majority of cases due to thoughtlessness or ignorance,
and would not occur if better counsel were offered; ..."
6. Report of the Executive Committee of the Niagara Falls Association: January by Niagara Falls Association (1885)
"These gentlemen were to ascertain " how far the private holding of land about
Niagara Falls has worked to public disadvantage through defacements of the ..."
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