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
Over the next two months or so, work will focus inside the 190,000-square-foot, bunker-like structure — vacant for nearly two decades and long the target of vandals and the object of thieves who stripped the concrete structure of anything of value.
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Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2026
This alleged vandal demanded to be called what name?
—FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
The vandals came at night Tarring the asphalt with the coward’s color.
—Ken Burns, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2025
One moment that gave him hope, Fernandez said, was that after the vandal left, a good Samaritan who witnessed the incident came by and lifted the menorah back upright.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
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Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2026
This alleged vandal demanded to be called what name?
—FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
The vandals came at night Tarring the asphalt with the coward’s color.
—Ken Burns, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2025
One moment that gave him hope, Fernandez said, was that after the vandal left, a good Samaritan who witnessed the incident came by and lifted the menorah back upright.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vandal
destroyer
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In the backfield was one of the best running backs in the league, a destroyer named Marshawn Lynch.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Power-play problems persist One obvious area of concern has lingered throughout the season, and the issue has been heightened of late when the Avalanche did not perform like a destroyer of worlds in the other phases.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Vandal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vandal. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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