"vandal" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvændəl/ Audio: En-us-vandal.ogg Forms: vandals [plural]
Rhymes: -ændəl Etymology: 1660s, “willful destroyer of what is beautiful or venerable”, from Vandal, referring to a member of an ancient Germanic people, the Vandals, who are associated with senseless destruction as a result of their sack of Rome under King Genseric in 455. During the Enlightenment, Rome was idealized, while the Goths and Vandals were blamed for its destruction. The Vandals may not have been any more destructive than other invaders of ancient times, but they did inspire English poet John Dryden to write, Till Goths, and Vandals, a rude Northern race, Did all the matchless Monuments deface (1694). However, the Vandals did intentionally damage statues, which may be why their name is associated with the vandalism of art. The coining of French Vandalisme by Henri Grégoire in 1794 to describe the destruction of artwork following the French Revolution popularized the idea further, and the term was quickly adopted across Europe, including as English vandalism. Etymology templates: {{nb...|at the Judges Head near the Inner Temple-Gate, in Fleetstreet}} […], {{cog|fr|vandalisme|Vandalisme}} French Vandalisme, {{cog|en|vandalism}} English vandalism Head templates: {{en-noun}} vandal (plural vandals)
  1. A person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages things, especially other people's property. Wikipedia link: Henri Grégoire, John Dryden, vandal Categories (topical): People Synonyms: destroyer, ruiner, wrecker Derived forms: vandalic, vandalise, vandalize, vandalish, vandalism, vandal-proof, vandalproof Translations (person who destroys or damages property): վանդալ (vandal) (Armenian), ванда́л (vandál) [masculine] (Belarusian), ванда́л (vandál) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vàndal [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 破壞者 (Chinese Mandarin), 破坏者 (pòhuàizhě) (Chinese Mandarin), vandal [masculine] (Czech), vandal [common-gender] (Danish), vandaal [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), vandalo (Esperanto), vandaal (Estonian), vandaali (Finnish), ilkivallantekijä (Finnish), vandale [masculine] (French), vándalo [masculine] (Galician), ვანდალი (vandali) (Georgian), Vandale [masculine] (German), βάνδαλος (vándalos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), βανδαλιστής (vandalistís) [masculine] (Greek), vandál (Hungarian), skemmdarvargur [masculine] (Icelandic), vandalo (Interlingua), creachadóir [masculine] (Irish), loitiméir [masculine] (Irish), sladaire [masculine] (Irish), vandalo [masculine] (Italian), 破壊者 (hakaisha) (Japanese), 반달 (bandal) (Korean), cragheyder [masculine] (Manx), jeeylleyder (Manx), vandal [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vandal [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), خرابکار (xarâbkâr) (Persian), مغول (moğol) (Persian), wandal [masculine] (Polish), vândalo [masculine] (Portuguese), ванда́л (vandál) [masculine] (Russian), ванда́лка (vandálka) [feminine] (Russian), vandal [masculine] (Slovak), vándalo [masculine] (Spanish), vandal [common-gender] (Swedish), ванда́л (vandál) [masculine] (Ukrainian), וואַנדאַל (vandal) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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          "text": "Vandals spray-painted obscenities on the side of the building.",
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      "roman": "vandal",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "word": "վանդալ"
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      ],
      "word": "ванда́л"
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      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
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        "masculine"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "word": "破壞者"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pòhuàizhě",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "word": "破坏者"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vandal"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "vandal"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vandaal"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "word": "vandalo"
    },
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "word": "vandaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "word": "vandaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "word": "ilkivallantekijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vandale"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vándalo"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "vandali",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "word": "ვანდალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vandale"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vándalos",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βάνδαλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vandalistís",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βανδαλιστής"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "word": "vandál"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skemmdarvargur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "word": "vandalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "creachadóir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "loitiméir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sladaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vandalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakaisha",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "word": "破壊者"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bandal",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "word": "반달"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cragheyder"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "word": "jeeylleyder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vandal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vandal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xarâbkâr",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "word": "خرابکار"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "moğol",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "word": "مغول"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wandal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vândalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vandál",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ванда́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vandálka",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ванда́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vandal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vándalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vandal"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vandál",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ванда́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "vandal",
      "sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "וואַנדאַל"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vandal"
}

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