as in defacer
a person who damages or destroys property on purpose
a group of vandals broke into the school and painted graffiti on the walls
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Recent Examples of vandal
According to the video, vandals within the crowd began spray-painting the train and hammering on the windows.
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Others in the community have fought back by standing up for it in unison and patrolling against vandals.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 25 May 2025
There is not a concrete motive as to why vandals choose to damage telecommunication lines, officials said.
—Maddie Carr, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2025
Dorothy Tillman, 3rd, dissented saying that aldermen should be more concerned with problems of unemployment and housing than keeping spray paint cans out of the hands of vandals.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Others in the community have fought back by standing up for it in unison and patrolling against vandals.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 25 May 2025
There is not a concrete motive as to why vandals choose to damage telecommunication lines, officials said.
—Maddie Carr, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2025
Dorothy Tillman, 3rd, dissented saying that aldermen should be more concerned with problems of unemployment and housing than keeping spray paint cans out of the hands of vandals.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vandal
destroyer
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Commercial satellite imagery from June 2 showed the destroyer upright for the first time since the May 21 accident, the 38 North program, which studies the nuclear-armed North, said in a report.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
4 June 2025
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The stricken destroyer was the country’s newest warship and was meant to be a triumph of North Korea’s ambitious naval modernization effort.—
Mike Valerio,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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“Vandal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vandal. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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