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Vandal
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Van·dal  (vndl)
n.
1. vandal One who willfully or maliciously defaces or destroys public or private property.
2. A member of a Germanic people that overran Gaul, Spain, and northern Africa in the fourth and fifth centuries a.d. and sacked Rome in 455.

[Latin Vandalus, Vandal, probably of Germanic origin.]

Van·dalic (vn-dlk) adj.

vandal [ˈvændəl]
n
a.  a person who deliberately causes damage or destruction to personal or public property
b.  (as modifier) vandal instincts
[from Vandal, from Latin Vandallus, of Germanic origin]

Vandal [ˈvændəl]
n
(Social Science / Peoples) (Historical Terms) a member of a Germanic people that raided Roman provinces in the 3rd and 4th centuries ad before devastating Gaul (406-409), conquering Spain and N Africa, and sacking Rome (455): crushed by Belisarius at Carthage (533)
Vandalic  [vænˈdælɪk] adj
Vandalism  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Vandal - someone who willfully destroys or defaces propertyvandal - someone who willfully destroys or defaces property
ruiner, uprooter, waster, destroyer, undoer - a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones"
2.Vandal - a member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455
barbarian, savage - a member of an uncivilized people

vandal
noun hooligan, ned (Scot. slang), delinquent, rowdy, lager lout, graffiti artist, boot boy, yob or yobbo (Brit. slang) The phone box had been destroyed by vandals.
Translations
Vandal [ˈvændəl] (Hist)
A. ADJvándalo, vandálico
B. Nvándalo/a m/f

vandal [ˈvændəl] Nvándalo/a m/f, gamberro/a m/f

vandal [ˈvændəl] nvandale mf

vandal
n
(fig)Vandale m, → Vandalin f; it was damaged by vandalses ist mutwillig beschädigt worden
Vandal (Hist) → Vandale m, → Vandalin f

vandal [ˈvændl] nvandalo

vandal
n vandal [ˈvӕndəl]
a person who purposely and pointlessly damages or destroys public buildings or other property Vandals have damaged this telephone kiosk. vandaal مُخَرِّب вандал vandal hærværksmand; vandal der Vandale,die Vandalin βάνδαλος vándalo vandaal آدم ویرانگر vandaali vandale מַשחִית सत्यानाशी vandal vandál perusak vandali, skemmdarvargur vandalo 公共物破壊者 공공 건물이나 재산의 파괴자 vandalas vandalis pelaku musnah vandaal bølle, vandal wandal vândalo vandal хулиган, вандал vandal, barbar vandal vandal vandal ผู้ทำลายทรัพย์สินโดยเฉพาะของรัฐอย่างไร้เหตุผล vandal, yakıp yıkma yanlısı kişi 惡意破壞公物或他人財物者 вандал, варвар غنڈہ، تخريب کار kẻ cố ý phá hoại ,
n vandalism
the behaviour of a vandal All the telephones are out of order owing to vandalism. vandalisme تَخْريبيَّه، تَدْميريَّه вандалщина vandalství vandalisme der Vandalismus βανδαλισμός vandalismo vandalism ویرانگری ilkivalta vandalisme הֶרֶס לִשמוֹ, וַנדָלִיזם बर्बरता vandalizam vandalizmus vandalisme vandalismi, skemmdarverk vandalismo 公共物破壊 공공 건물이나 재산의 파괴 vandalizmas vandalisms laku musnah vernielzucht hærverk, vandalisme wandalizm vandalismo vandalism вандализм vandalstvo vandalizem vandalizam vandalisering การทำลายทรัพย์สินโดยเฉพาะของรัฐอย่างไร้เหตุผล yıkıcılık 惡意破壞公物 вандалізм غنڈي گردي، تخريب کاري hành động cố ý phá hoại ,
v vandalize, ˈvandalise
The lift in our block of flats has been vandalized. vandaliseer يُخَرِّب المُمْتَلكات العامَّه вандалствам (z)pustošit vandalisere zerstören καταστρέφω destrozar vandaalitsema, lõhkuma آسیب رساندن vandalisoida saccager לְהַשחִית तोड़फोड़ divljati, divljački uništavati vandál pusztítást végez merusak eyðileggja danneggiare 破壊する 파괴하다 nusiaubti []demolēt melakumusnahkan opzettelijk beschadigen, vernielen gjøre/utsette for hærverk demolować estragar a de­vasta (из)уродовать (s)pustošiť vandalsko uničiti vandalizovati vandalisera ทำลายทรัพย์สิน yıkmak, tahrip etmek 惡意破壞 нівечити, безглуздо руйнувати تخريب کاري کرنا cố ý phá hoại

Vandal مخرب ممتلكات الآخرين vandal vandal Vandale βάνδαλος gamberro, vándalo vandaali vandale razbijač vandalo 破壊者 공공시설 파괴자 vandaal vandal wandal vândalo вандал vandal ผู้ทำลายทรัพย์สิน vandal kẻ cố ý phá hoại 破坏公物者


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