how to pronounce defacement

/dɪˈfɛɪsmənt/

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defacement is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of defacement in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… was literally a defacement of the king's …”

meanings of defacement

noun:

An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value.
A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.
An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something.

defacement frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word defacement occurs in english on average 0 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics defacement can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that defacement can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;