Vandal
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
3.
(initial capital letter) of or relating to the Vandals.
4.
imbued with or characterized by vandalism.
noun
1.
a person who deliberately causes damage or destruction to personal or public property
(as modifier): vandal instincts
noun
1.
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)
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- Vandalia
noun 1. a town in W Ohio.
- Vandalic
adjective 1. (initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Vandals. 2. of or relating to vandalism.
- Vandalise
verb (used with object), vandalized, vandalizing. 1. to destroy or deface by vandalism: Someone vandalized the museum during the night. verb 1. (transitive) to destroy or damage (something) by an act of vandalism
- Vandalism
noun 1. deliberately mischievous or malicious destruction or damage of property: vandalism of public buildings. 2. the conduct or spirit characteristic of the Vandals. 3. willful or ignorant destruction of artistic or literary treasures. 4. a vandalic act. noun 1. the wanton or deliberate destruction caused by a vandal or an instance of such destruction
- Vandalize
verb (used with object), vandalized, vandalizing. 1. to destroy or deface by vandalism: Someone vandalized the museum during the night. verb 1. (transitive) to destroy or damage (something) by an act of vandalism