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Deliberately damage
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vandalize
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vb. (context American spelling English) (alternative spelling of vandalise English)
Wikipedia
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Vandalize is the third studio album from visual kei rock band Alice Nine . It was released on January 14, 2009. The album contains eleven tracks, compiling the band's three previous singles (" Mirror Ball ", " Rainbows ", and " Cross Game ") and eight new ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
by 1797, from vandal + -ize . Related: Vandalized ; vandalizing . A past participle vandald is recorded from 1640s..
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ All the public telephones in the area had been vandalized. ▪ Most of the public phones have been vandalized. ▪ No-one is really sure why people vandalize their own neighbourhoods. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A few days later, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park" [syn: vandalise ]
Usage examples of vandalize.
Purza appeared, not the remains that Moria had vandalized, but the comfort creature that had been her mainstay.
He had apparently vandalized several other homes within Bonita Vista, vacation homes whose owners had not yet been by to discover the damage, and the sheriff was in the process of compiling a list of acts and addresses.
On three hills rising on the promontory that overlooked the sea rose the remains of a great city, now vandalized and tumbled into a shambles that nevertheless left those who approached it gaping in wonder at the columns and archways, the broken aqueducts and fallen walls, the intricate layout of a grand city that had once ruled the Middle Sea.
The toilets were molded, all-in-one, stainless steel units, with just a handle sticking out of the wall, so nothing could be vandalized.
Coconut Cove police cruiser was vandalized early Monday morning while parked at a construction site on East Oriole Avenue.
The local street gangs had vandalized the building, scrawling tags like HUNERIC and TRASAMUND on the wall in big, angular letters.
And caught between the two of them the Reverend Colman, an enthusiast, a lover of the unbroken chain of history who saw the railways as forces of destruction, shattering the cement of family bonds with the dead, vandalizing the physical monuments that kept the spiritual ties whole.
And so, in exemplary postmodern fashion, Morrison vandalizes, appropriates, and recycles the most diverse, incongruous sources.
It seemed a pity to vandalize something so exquisite as this natural work of art - with the glow behind it, the barrier now reminded him of an altar screen he had once seen in some cathedral - but he would have to go back and get some explosives.
An alleged big-time bank robber turned out to be a teenager who vandalized (but seldom penetrated) suburban ATM machines.
Vandalized, stole money from charity boxes, ripped Torah scrolls and these things, too.
And when we announced our intention of seeking a retraction of those unjust charges, someone broke in to the restaurant at three o'clock on a Thursday morning and vandalized the place, doing over fifty thousand dollars worth of damage.
While Danny Pogue hopscotched through the rubble, Bud Schwartz went directly to the bedroom, which also had been ransacked and vandalized.
Even if you are doing what you see as your civic duty by vandalizing kiddie porn -- it’.
In her right hand she holds the magic cylinder of the high priestesses of Odin, in her left the magic calendar that once depicted—I say, ‘once,’ because these sculptures unfortunately were vandalized by orthodox canons—the sacred animals of Odinism: the dog, the eagle, the lion, the white bear, and the werewolf.