vandal

vandal
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ teenage, young
▪ mindless
▪ graffiti (esp. BrE)
▪

young graffiti vandals who blight the city with their scrawls

VERB + VANDAL
▪ deter, discourage, stop
▪

The windows are covered with grilles to deter vandals.

▪ be plagued by
▪

The station is plagued by vandals.

VANDAL + VERB
▪ strike
▪

The vandals struck at about 7.30 p.m. yesterday.

▪ attack sth, damage sth, deface sth, destroy sth, smash sth, wreck sth
▪ target sth
▪

Her statue has been targeted by vandals.

▪ break into sth
▪

Vandals broke into the factory and set fire to a cabin.

▪ cause damage (to sth)
▪

Vandals caused more than £4 000 worth of damage.

▪ go on a rampage, go on a smashing spree, go on a wrecking spree (all BrE)
▪

The pool had to close after vandals went on a £10 000 wrecking spree.

▪ throw bricks, stones, etc. (at sth)
▪

The vandals throw stones at the building.

VANDAL + NOUN
▪ attack
▪

This is the latest in a spate of vandal attacks on fire crews.


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  • vandal — van·dal / vand əl/ n [Vandal, member of a Germanic tribe who sacked Rome in A.D. 455]: a person who willfully destroys, damages, or defaces property belonging to another or to the public Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • vandal — 1660s, willful destroyer of what is beautiful or venerable, from Vandals, name of the Germanic tribe that sacked Rome in 455 under Genseric, from L. Vandalus (pl. Vandali), from the tribe s name for itself (O.E. Wendlas), from P.Gmc. *Wandal… …   Etymology dictionary

  • vandal — ► NOUN 1) a person who deliberately destroys or damages property. 2) (Vandal) a member of a Germanic people that ravaged Gaul, Spain, Rome, and North Africa in the 4th 5th centuries. DERIVATIVES vandalism noun. ORIGIN Latin Vandalus …   English terms dictionary

  • Vandal — [van dal′ikvan′dəl] n. [L Vandalus < Gmc base * wandal > OE Wendil, ON Vendill] 1. a member of an East Germanic people that ravaged Gaul, Spain, and N Africa and sacked Rome (A.D. 455) 2. [v ] a person who, out of malice or ignorance,… …   English World dictionary

  • Vandal — Van dal, Vandalic Van*dal ic, a. Of or pertaining to the Vandals; resembling the Vandals in barbarism and destructiveness. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vandal — Van dal, n. [L. Vandalus, Vandalius; of Teutonic origin, and probably originally signifying, a wanderer. Cf. {Wander}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anc. Hist.) One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vandal — (spr. wangdall), Albert, franz. Historiker, geb. 1853 in Paris, 1897 Mitglied der französischen Akademie, schrieb: »Louis XV et Elisabeth de Russie« (1882, 3. Aufl. 1896); »Le Pacha Bonneval« (1885); »Une ambassade française en Orient sous Louis… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Vandal — (spr. wangdáll), Albert, franz. Historiker, geb. 7. Juli 1853 in Paris, Mitglied der Franz. Akademie; schrieb: »Louis XV et Elisabeth de Russie« (1882), »Napoléon et Alexandre I« (2 Bde., 1891 93) u.a …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Vandal — Surtout porté dans le Pas de Calais, c est une variante du flamand Van Daal, Van Dael (également Vandaal, Vandael, Vandaele), désignant celui qui est originaire d un lieu dit Dael, Daele (= la vallée) …   Noms de famille

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