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Webster 1913 Edition


Vandalism

Van′dal-ism

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Noun.
The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction or defacement of any object of beauty or value.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vandalism

VAN'DALISM

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Noun.
Ferocious cruelty; indiscriminate destruction of lives and property.

Definition 2024


vandalism

vandalism

English

The destruction of glass windows and doors is a form of vandalism.

Noun

vandalism (countable and uncountable, plural vandalisms)

  1. Willful damage or destruction of any property with no other purpose than damage or destruction of said property.
    As we turned down the street I was appalled by the vandalism; spray-paint and smashed windows that were everywhere.

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Swedish

Noun

vandalism c

  1. vandalism

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