to vandalize

Examples

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• Jewish property was defaced with swastikas, and a Holocaust memorial was vandalized.

  Academic text (2010)

• The board has had trouble with teenagers vandalizing and damaging equipment in the past.

  Blog text (8)

• We think the vehicle may have been vandalized before we located it.

  Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

• Probably just some kids vandalizing the place.

  Bereavement (2010)

• And now the studio has been vandalized.

  Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)

• Ever wonder why schools get vandalized but dentist offices don't?

  Fiction book (1993)

• Dr. Ambedkar statues are one of the most vandalized in the country.

  Origin (2023)

• They vandalized my studio.

  Blinded by the Light (2019)

• Several of the villagers vandalized the excavation, dismantling entire sections of exposed architecture.

  Academic text (2003)

• Last night, several streets in the Portland area were vandalized in a spree of gang-related violence.

Synonyms

D

to deface

vsto vandalize

29 5.8

Damage the surface of something by writing, scratching, or painting it

causes deliberate widespread damage or destruction of property beyond surface harm

Antonyms

P

to protect

∞ 1.0

To keep someone or something safe from harm

P

to preserve

496 3.4

To keep people and things safe from harm or change

How Destructive

to destroy

∞ 1.0

to demolish

54 3.7

to vandalize

44 4.9

to deface

29 5.8

to scratch

161 1.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology