deface with
deface (something) with (something)
To intentionally mar the appearance of something by a particular means. I can't believe that someone defaced our beautiful storefront with graffiti! Don't mind the scribbles—my daughter loves to deface every book in the house with her crayons these days. Dude, if you defaced city property with spray paint, the police will find you—there are security cameras all over the place!
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deface something with something
to mutilate or spoil the appearance of something with something. Someone defaced the wall with spray paint. Please don't deface the facilities.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive
"The suffragettes used to deface coins and there was a penny coin they used to
deface with 'votes for women' written on it and here we are today in 2018 marking the centenary of the right to vote.
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