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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Several of the gravestones had been defaced and were impossible to read.
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Several office buildings were defaced by graffiti.
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The Central Bank issued a statement warning against defacing bank notes with what it called "indecent expressions".
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An attendant warned us not to deface public property.
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If somebody entered the National Gallery and defaced a Gainsborough they would be prosecuted.
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Public School 45 is closed, the windows boarded up, the walls defaced with graffiti.
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That kid you got to quit defacing buildings and paint the chapel?
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The Blitz and glamour had defaced the Gospel.
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There was a bust of Miguel de Unamuno at the bottom of the staircase, and it seemed to have been defaced.
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They clutter streets, smother blocks of flats and deface many homes.
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We are not free to deface and destroy the natural world.