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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
Noun
someone who deliberately causes damage to personal or public property [from the name of a Germanic tribe of the 3rd and 4th centuries ad]
vandalism n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Vandalvandal - 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, yob or yobbo Brit. (slang) cougan Austral. (slang) scozza Austral. (slang) bogan Austral. (slang)
Translations
vandal [ˈvændl] nvándalo/a

vandal [ˈvændl] nvandale m/f

vandal [ˈvændl] nRowdy m

vandal [ˈvændl] nvandalo/a

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 ilkivallantekijä vandale מַשחִית सत्यानाशी vandal vandál perusak vandali, skemmdarvargur vandalo 公共物破壊者 공공 건물 파괴자; 예술·문화 파괴자 vandalas vandalis pelaku musnah vandaal bølle, vandal wandal vândalo vandal хулиган, вандал vandal, barbar vandal vandal vandal ผู้ทำลายทรัพย์สินโดยเฉพาะของรัฐอย่างไร้เหตุผล vandal, yakıp yıkma yanlısı kişi 破壞公物, 故意破壞者 вандал, варвар غنڈہ، تخريب کار kẻ cố ý phá hoại , 故意
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 건물의 오손; 예술 문화 파괴(행위) vandalizmas vandalisms laku musnah vernielzucht hærverk, vandalisme wandalizm vandalismo vandalism вандализм vandalstvo vandalizem vandalizam vandalisering การทำลายทรัพย์สินโดยเฉพาะของรัฐอย่างไร้เหตุผล yıkıcılık 破壞公物, 故意破壞的行為 вандалізм غنڈي گردي، تخريب کاري hành động cố ý phá hoại , 故意
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 tehdä ilkivaltaa saccager לְהַשחִית तोड़फोड़ divljati, divljački uništavati vandál pusztítást végez merusak eyðileggja danneggiare 破壊する (공공 시설을) 파괴하다; (예술 문화를) 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 破壞 нівечити, безглуздо руйнувати تخريب کاري کرنا cố ý phá hoại


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He went down there like a vandal to sell the heirlooms and pictures which had belonged to his family for generations.
I sha'n't feel half so badly now that I know this dear spot will never be desecrated by a vandal tribe, or left to tumble down in decay.
She knows that you are coming, and ere ever a vandal foot is set within the precincts of the Temple of Issus, if such a calamity should befall, Dejah Thoris will be put away for ever from the last faint hope of rescue.
 
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