单词	vandalize
释义	vandalizevan‧dal‧ize (also vandalise British English) /ˈvændəl-aɪz/ ●○○ verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE vandalize Simple Form Present I, you, we, they vandalize he, she, it vandalizes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they vandalized Present perfect I, you, we, they have vandalized he, she, it has vandalized Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had vandalized Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will vandalize Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have vandalized Continuous Form Present I am vandalizing he, she, it is vandalizing you, we, they are vandalizing Past I, he, she, it was vandalizing you, we, they were vandalizing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been vandalizing he, she, it has been vandalizing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been vandalizing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be vandalizing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been vandalizing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES 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 THE CORPUS A few days later, the house was ruthlessly, mercilessly, vandalized. After her death, it was vandalized and eventually bulldozed into nothing. City residents stop vandalizing public phones. In comments to the media, Riggs had said protesters vandalized his office and assaulted his employees. Now, certainly within the last twenty-four hours, the room had been vandalized. Riggs said the protesters vandalized his office and assaulted his employees. Since then his name has been vandalized and the weather-worn inscription from Nuptials at Tipasa is already difficult to read. They would not have to worry about their car being vandalized or stolen from a car park. Thesaurus THESAURUS► damage to cause physical harm to something or someone, or have a bad effect on them: · Several buildings were damaged by the earthquake.· The other car wasn’t damaged.· The scandal could damage his career. ► harm to have a bad effect on something: · They use chemicals that will harm the environment.· The oil crisis could harm the economy. ► spoil to have a bad effect on something and make it less successful, enjoyable, useful etc: · We didn’t let the rain spoil our holiday.· Local people say the new buildings will spoil the view. ► vandalize to deliberately damage buildings, vehicles, or public property: · All the public telephones in the area had been vandalized. ► sabotage to secretly damage machines or equipment so that they cannot be used, especially in order to harm an enemy: · There is evidence that the airplane was sabotaged. ► tamper with something to deliberately and illegally damage or change a part of something in order to prevent it from working properly: · The car’s brakes had been tampered with. ► desecrate to damage a church or other holy place: · The church had been desecrated by vandals. ► deface to deliberately spoil the appearance of something by writing on it, spraying paint on it etc: · Someone had defaced the statue and painted it bright orange. Longman Language Activatorto damage something deliberately► vandalize also vandalise British to deliberately damage buildings, vehicles, or public property: · All the public telephones in the area had been vandalized.· No-one is really sure why people vandalize their own neighbourhoods. ► smash up British to deliberately damage a room or building by breaking windows, furniture etc: smash something up: · They didn't only rob the house, they smashed it up too.smash up something: · About 400 rioters had seized control and were smashing up the jail.smash the place up: · Some of the men got drunk and smashed the place up. ► trash especially American, informal to cause a lot of damage to a thing or place, either deliberately or by using it carelessly: · That kid of yours has trashed my VCR.trash the place spoken (=cause a lot of damage to a room or building): · Dad says it's OK to have the party here, as long as we don't trash the place. ► sabotage to secretly damage machines or equipment so that they cannot be used, especially in order to harm an enemy: · The railway line had been sabotaged by enemy commandos.· Security lighting was sabotaged before the theft took place. ► tamper with to deliberately and illegally damage or change a part of something in order to prevent it from working properly: · Someone had tampered with the lock on my door.· After the accident, police discovered that the car's brakes had been tampered with. ► deface to deliberately spoil the appearance of something by writing on it, spraying paint on it etc: · Several of the gravestones had been defaced and were impossible to read.deface something with something: · The Central Bank issued a statement warning against defacing bank notes with what it called "indecent expressions". ► desecrate to damage a church or other holy place: · The church had been desecrated by vandals.· Most of the Egyptian tombs were desecrated and robbed. WORD SETS► Crime abet, verbaccusation, nounaccuse, verbaffray, nounarson, nounassault, nounassault and battery, nounbackhander, nounbattery, nounbigamy, nounblack market, nounblack marketeer, nounbreak-in, nounbreaking and entering, nouncaper, nouncapital, adjectivecarjacking, nouncat burglar, nouncontract, nouncosh, nouncounterfeit, adjectivecounterfeit, verbcover, nouncrack, verbcriminal, adjectivecriminal, nouncriminal law, nouncriminal record, nouncriminology, nouncrook, nounculpable, adjectiveculprit, noundefamation, noundefraud, verbdelinquency, noundelinquent, adjectivedelinquent, noundesperado, noundisorderly, adjectivedrug baron, noundrug runner, nounDUI, nounembezzle, verbexpropriate, verbextort, verbeyewitness, nounfelon, nounfelony, nounfence, nounfiddle, nounfiddle, verbfiddler, nounfilch, verbfinger, verbfire-raising, nounfirst offender, nounflash, verbflasher, nounforge, verbforger, nounforgery, nounfoul play, nounframe, verbframe-up, nounfratricide, nounfraud, nounfreebooter, noungang, noungang-bang, noungang rape, noungangster, nounGBH, noungenocide, noungetaway, noungodfather, noungrand larceny, noungrass, noungrievous bodily harm, nounheist, nounhijack, verbhijack, nounhijacking, nounhit, nounhit-and-run, adjectivehit man, nounincriminate, verbindecent assault, nounindecent exposure, nouninfanticide, nounjob, nounjoyriding, nounjuvenile delinquent, nounkidnap, verblarceny, nounlibel, nounlibel, verblibellous, adjectivelow life, nounmafioso, nounmalpractice, nounmanslaughter, nounmassacre, nounmassacre, verbmatricide, nounmisappropriate, verbmisconduct, nounmisdeed, nounmisdemeanour, nounmobster, nounmoll, nounmug, verbmugshot, nounmurder, nounmurder, verbmurderer, nounmurderess, nounmuscleman, nounnark, nounnefarious, adjectiveneighbourhood watch, nounnick, verbno-go area, nounoffence, nounoffend, verboffender, nounold lag, nounorganized crime, nounoutlaw, nounparricide, nounpatricide, nounpetty larceny, nounPhotofit, nounpiracy, nounplant, verbpoach, verbpoacher, nounpossession, nounprivateer, nounprotection, nounprowl, verbprowler, nounpublic nuisance, nounpull, verbpunk, nounpurloin, verbraid, nounram-raiding, nounrape, verbrape, nounrapist, nounravish, verbreceiver, nounreceiving, nounrecidivist, nounregicide, nounring, nounringleader, nounriotous, adjectiverob, verbrobber, nounrobbery, nounroll, verbrustler, nounscheme, nounscheme, verbshady, adjectiveshoplift, verbshoplifting, nounslander, nounsmuggle, verbsnout, nounspeeding, nounstabbing, nounstalking, nounstatutory offence, nounstatutory rape, nounsteal, verbstoolpigeon, nounsupergrass, nounsuspect, nounswag, nountheft, nounthief, nounthievish, adjectivetorch, verbtraffic, nountrafficker, nountriad, noununder-the-counter, adjectiveunderworld, nounundesirable, nounvagrancy, nounvandal, nounvandalism, nounvandalize, verbvice, nounvigilante, nounvillainy, nounviolate, verbviolation, nounwanted, adjective to damage or destroy things deliberately, especially public property:  The cemetery was vandalized during the night.► see thesaurus at damage
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