vandal

Van·dal

 (văn′dl)
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 ad and sacked Rome in 455.

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

Van·dal′ic (văn-dăl′ĭk) adj.
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vandal

(ˈvændəl)
n
a. a person who deliberately causes damage or destruction to personal or public property
b. (as modifier): vandal instincts.
[C17: from Vandal, from Latin Vandallus, of Germanic origin]

Vandal

(ˈvændəl)
n
1. (Peoples) 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)
2. (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 adj
ˈVandalˌism n
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van•dal

(ˈvæn dl)

n.
1. (cap.) a member of a Germanic people who shortly after a.d. 400 moved from E Europe through Gaul and Spain to Africa, established a kingdom there, and raided the W Mediterranean by sea, sacking Rome in 455.
2. a person who willfully or ignorantly destroys or mars public or private property.
[1545–55; < Late Latin Vandalus, Latinized tribal name]
Van•dal′ic (-ˈdæl ɪk) adj.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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
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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.
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Translations
مُخَرِّب
vandal
vandalhærværksmand
VandaleVandalin
βάνδαλος
vándalogamberro
vandaali
Vandalesaccageur
vandal
vandál
skemmdarvargurvandali, skemmdarvargur
vandalo
破壊者
공공시설 파괴자
vandalasvandalizmas
vandalis
vandaal
vandal
wandal
vândalo
вандал
vandal
vandal
vandal
ผู้ทำลายทรัพย์สิน
vandalyakıp yıkma yanlısı kişi
kẻ cố ý phá hoại
故意毁坏文物者或破坏他人财产者破坏公物者

Vandal

[ˈvændəl] (Hist)
A. ADJvándalo, vandálico
B. Nvándalo/a m/f

vandal

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

[ˈvændəl] nvandale mf
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vandal

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

[ˈvændl] nvandalo
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vandal

(ˈvӕndəl) noun
a person who purposely and pointlessly damages or destroys public buildings or other property. Vandals have damaged this telephone kiosk.
ˈvandalism noun
the behaviour of a vandal. All the telephones are out of order owing to vandalism.
ˈvandalize, ˈvandalise verb
The lift in our block of flats has been vandalized.
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vandal

مُخَرِّب vandal vandal Vandale βάνδαλος gamberro, vándalo vandaali vandale vandal 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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