vandalizev.
/ˈvandəlʌɪz/, /ˈvandl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈvændlˌaɪz/ transitive.
1. To render Vandal in respect of culture.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > render uncivilized [verb (transitive)]
uncivilize1603
uncivil1615
barbarize1648
rebarbarize1798
wilder1798
vandalize1800
barbarianize1856
1800 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 8 684 To vandalize Europe then can have no other signification than to introduce eastern Slavonian barbarians to domination over the actual feats of culture and improvement.
1821 New Monthly Mag. 2 353 They are not only vandalized in style, but in sentiment.
2. To deal with or treat in a vandalistic manner.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)] > damage deliberately or vandalize
demolish1646
to knock abouta1817
vandalize1845
distress1943
trash1970
key1987
1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 99 The noblest monuments of art and piety have been vandalized.
1905 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 17/1 A very remarkable church, spoilt and vandalised by the introduction of galleries and deal pews.
1968 Wall St. Jrnl. 19 Feb. 1/1 These militants roamed the campus, vandalizing the bookstore and a dining hall and terrorizing students.
1971 J. Wainwright Last Buccaneer i. 48 He had to run more than a mile before he could find a kiosk which had not been vandalised.
1978 Daily Tel. 17 Aug. 2/8 Newcastle..is to incur even heavier expenditure by importing more costly American [parking] meters said to be harder to vandalise.
Derivatives
ˈvandalized adj.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective] > vandalizing or iconoclastic > vandalized
Vandalled1648
vandalized1971
1971 Oxf. Times 13 Aug. 5/7 In a two-week campaign they restored 21 vandalised kiosks to working order.
1984 Times 8 Oct. 14/3 In Minster Court, Liverpool, buyers rushed for well landscaped flats in what had been a vandalized estate.
ˈvandalizing n. and adj.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective] > vandalizing or iconoclastic
iconoclastic1640
Vandalic1667
iconoclast1685
Vandal1700
vandalizing1805
Hun-like1830
vandalish1834
idoloclastic1851
vandalistic1854
biblioclastic1887
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > vandalism or iconoclasm
spulyiationa1688
book burninga1722
spoliation1752
iconoclasm1797
vandalism1798
biblioclasm1864
skoob1963
trashing1970
vandalizing1979
1805 ‘C. Caustic’ Democracy Unveiled iii. 80 Direct their Vandalizing ravages, To make men like themselves, mere savages.
1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 31 581 No..vigilance..could disarm their rude followers of ferocious and Vandalizing habits.
1979 U. Curtiss Menace Within xvi. 169 Inquiries..in connection with the vandalizing of a local school.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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