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defacement
English
Etymology
deface +? -ment
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??fe?sm?nt/
- Rhymes: -e?sm?nt
Noun
defacement (countable and uncountable, plural defacements)
- An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something.
- Some consider the defacement of the Sphinx to be the most egregious crime of Napolean's campaigns.
- An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value.
- The soldiers found a variety of creative uses for their payment scrip after its defacement to scrap paper; some used it as toilet paper.
- (heraldry, vexillology) A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.
Usage notes
- Defacement generally has negative valence (that is, it is a bad thing), except in heraldry, where it is a neutral term.
Synonyms
- (act of defacing): disfiguration, graffiti, obliteration, vandalism
- (nullification of face value): cancellation, devaluation
Translations
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calamity
English
Etymology
From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamit?s (“loss, damage; disaster”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??læm?ti/
- Hyphenation: ca?lam?i?ty
Noun
calamity (plural calamities)
- An event resulting in great loss.
- The distress that results from some disaster.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[1]
- They were behind twice, first in the 11th minute when James Morrison scored a goal that was a personal calamity for Hart, and then four minutes into the second half when Kenny Miller eluded Gary Cahill to score with a splendid left-foot drive.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[1]
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:disaster
Related terms
- calamitous
Translations
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