A vandal is someone who deliberately damages things, especially public property.
All information systems that have been fitted at Ashford station have now been destroyedby vandals.
Synonyms: hooligan, delinquent, rowdy, lager lout More Synonyms of vandal
vandal in British English
(ˈvændəl)
noun
a.
a person who deliberately causes damage or destruction to personal or public property
b.
(as modifier)
vandal instincts
Word origin
C17: from Vandal, from Latin Vandallus, of Germanic origin
Vandal in British English
(ˈvændəl)
noun
a member of a Germanic people that raided Roman provinces in the 3rd and 4th centuries ad before devastating Gaul (406–409), conquering Spain and N Africa, and sacking Rome (455): crushed by Belisarius at Carthage (533)
Derived forms
Vandalic (vænˈdælɪk)
adjective
Vandalism (ˈVandalˌism)
noun
Vandal in American English
(ˈvændəl)
noun
1.
a member of an East Germanic people that ravaged Gaul, Spain, and N Africa and sacked Rome ( a.d. 455)
2. [v-]
a person who, out of malice or ignorance, destroys or spoils any public or private property, esp. that which is beautiful or artistic
adjective
3.
of the Vandals
: also Vanˈdalic (vænˈdælɪk)
4. [v-]
like or characteristic of a vandal; ruthlessly destructive
Word origin
L Vandalus < Gmc base *wandal- > OE Wendil, ON Vendill
Examples of 'vandal' in a sentence
vandal
Before it was completed it was damaged by vandals.
The Sun (2009)
Each time engineers were sent out to repair the damage, the vandals wrecked them again.
The Sun (2006)
In July its war memorial was defaced by vandals.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In October vandals caused 10,000 damage.
The Sun (2008)
Word lists with
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In other languages
vandal
British English: vandal /ˈvændl/ NOUN
A vandal is someone who deliberately damages things, especially public property.
The street lights were broken by vandals.
American English: vandal
Arabic: مُخَرِّب
Brazilian Portuguese: vândalo
Chinese: 破坏公物者
Croatian: vandal
Czech: vandal
Danish: vandal
Dutch: vandaal
European Spanish: gamberro
Finnish: vandaali
French: vandale
German: Vandale
Greek: βάνδαλος
Italian: vandalo
Japanese: 破壊者
Korean: 공공시설 파괴자
Norwegian: vandal
Polish: wandal
European Portuguese: vândalo
Romanian: vandal
Russian: вандал
Latin American Spanish: vándalo
Swedish: vandal
Thai: ผู้ทำลายทรัพย์สิน
Turkish: vandal
Ukrainian: вандал
Vietnamese: kẻ cố ý phá hoại
Chinese translation of 'vandal'
vandal
(ˈvændl)
n(c)
蓄意破坏(壞)公物者 (xùyì pòhuài gōngwùzhě) (个(個), gè)
(noun)
Definition
someone who deliberately causes damage to personal or public property
The phone box had been destroyed by vandals.
Synonyms
hooligan
riots involving football hooligans
delinquent
rowdy
The owner kept a baseball bat to deal with rowdies.
lager lout
graffiti artist
boot boy
yob or yobbo (British, slang)
ned (Scottish, slang)
cougan (Australian, slang)
scozza (Australian, slang)
bogan (Australian, slang)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of rowdy
Definition
a person like this
The owner kept a baseball bat to deal with rowdies.