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defacer

/dᵻfˈeɪsɚ/ noun

One who defaces; a vandal.

Word Origin Defacer comes from deface, from Latin de- 'away, off' and facies 'face, form' — literally 'to remove the face,' to mar the surface. The root facies gives us face, surface (upper face), efface (to wipe out, remove the face), and interface (between faces). The -er suffix makes it the agent: one who defaces.

noun One who defaces; a vandal. countable

The police arrested the defacer who had spray-painted graffiti on the historic monument.

(名词) 破坏者；涂鸦者； vandal

警方逮捕了在历史纪念碑上喷涂涂鸦的破坏者。

(sustantivo) vándalo; grafitero; desfigurador; pintamonas; gamberro [Persona que desfigura; un vándalo.]

La policía arrestó al vándalo que había pintado grafitis con aerosol en el monumento histórico.

(nom) vandale; profanateur; dégradeur [Personne qui dégrade volontairement un bien, notamment en l'abîmant ou en y apposant des graffiti ; vandale.]

La police a arrêté le vandale qui avait bombé des graffitis sur le monument historique.

(Substantiv) Schänder; Vandale; Zerstörer [**defacer** (Substantiv): Eine Person, die mutwillig das Erscheinungsbild von Gegenständen, Gebäuden oder Kunstwerken beschädigt oder verunstaltet.]

Die Polizei nahm den **defacer** fest, der das historische Denkmal mit Graffiti besprüht hatte.

(名詞) 公共物や他人の所有物を傷つける人、落書きをする人。

警察は、歴史的建造物に落書きをスプレーで描きつけた汚損者を逮捕した。

(substantivo) vândalo; pichador; desfigurador; profanador [Aquele que desfigura; um vândalo.]

A polícia prendeu o vândalo que tinha pintado com spray um grafite no monumento histórico.

Synonyms: vandal graffitist defiler marrer disfigurer spoiler destroyer desecrator Antonyms: protector preserver restorer conservator
Word parts: de + face + r

Related words

facial deface efface faceless

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