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vandal

[ van-dl ]

noun

  1. (initial capital letter) a member of a Germanic people who in the 5th century a.d. ravaged Gaul and Spain, settled in Africa, and in a.d. 455 sacked Rome.
  2. a person who willfully or ignorantly destroys or mars something beautiful or valuable.


adjective

  1. (initial capital letter) of or relating to the Vandals.
  2. imbued with or characterized by vandalism.

Vandal

1

/ 藞惫忙苍诲蓹濒; v忙n藞d忙l瑟k /

noun

  1. a member of a Germanic people that raided Roman provinces in the 3rd and 4th centuries ad before devastating Gaul (406鈥409), conquering Spain and N Africa, and sacking Rome (455): crushed by Belisarius at Carthage (533)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

vandal

2

/ 藞惫忙苍诲蓹濒 /

noun

    1. a person who deliberately causes damage or destruction to personal or public property
    2. ( as modifier )

      vandal instincts

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • Vandalic, adjective
  • 藞痴补苍诲补濒藢颈蝉尘, noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of vandal1

First recorded in 1545鈥55, vandal is from the Late Latin word Vandalus, Latinized tribal name
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of vandal1

C17: from Vandal , from Latin Vandallus, of Germanic origin
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He was asked about a voice note in which he said an online commenter, who criticised the vandals, lacked the "minerals" to "launch an operation like we did".

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The tree-chopping vandal sparked great intrigue and outrage when residents spotted the wooden carnage on South Grand Avenue and other areas of city-owned property over the weekend.

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Example: Judy Baca鈥檚 painting of an Olympic runner on the 110 Freeway near the 4th Street exit was whitewashed not by vandals but by an official transit graffiti removal contractor.

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The vandal or vandals spray-painted hate speech throughout the building and spilled gallons of hazardous chemicals, the park service said in a news release.

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Its activists have been derided as attention-seeking zealots and vandals and it is loathed by many for its disruptive direct action tactics.

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