vandalism
US/ˈvændəlɪzm̩/
vandalism noun: willful damage to or destruction of any property, such as graffiti or defacement.
Noun
vandalism (countable and uncountable, plural vandalisms)
- Willful damage to or destruction of any property, such as graffiti or defacement.
- As we turned down the street I was appalled by the vandalism: spray paint and smashed windows that were everywhere.
- Bradford once boasted two stations with overall roofs. The pair were swept away in the 1970s in an act of corporate and civic vandalism.2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57
- Synonyms:
- vandalization
vandalism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
vandalism in Hindi
- तोड़फोड़, तोड़-फोड़
vandalism in Tamil
- காலித்தனம்
vandalism in Marathi
- तोडफोड
vandalism in Urdu
- غارتگری, لوٹ مار, تہذیب سوزی, تخریب بربری
More languagesFewer languages
- vandalism in Bengali
- ভাঙচুর
- vandalism in Malayalam
- നശീകരണം naśīkaraṇaṁ
- vandalism in Kannada
- ನಾಶ, ಧ್ವಂಸ, ವಿಧ್ವಂಸಕ ಕೃತ್ಯ
- vandalism in Punjabi
- ਤੋਡ਼-ਫੋਡ਼, ਭੰਨਤੋਡ਼
- vandalism in Gujarati
- તોડફોડ
- vandalism in Odia
- ଭଙ୍ଗାରୁଜା
- vandalism in Tagalog
- bandalismo, pambababoy
- vandalism in Arabic
- تَخْرِيب taḵrīb
- vandalism in Malay
- vandalisme
- vandalism in Indonesian
- perusakan, sifat suka merusak
- vandalism in Vietnamese
- phá hoại
Examples of vandalism in a sentence
- There is a debate as to whether graffiti is art or vandalism.
- The anonymous vandal was blocked after going on a vandalism spree.
- Acts of vandalism were committed by a raucous gang of drunkards.
Synonyms of vandalism
Forms of vandalism
| plural | vandalisms |
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Origin of vandalism
Borrowed from French vandalisme, first used by Henri Grégoire to decry the pillage and destruction of art in the course of the French Revolution, in reference to the East Germanic tribe of the Vandals, which looted Rome in 455. By surface analysis, vandal + -ism.
Words formed from vandalism
Questions about vandalism
- What does vandalism mean?
- Vandalism means willful damage to or destruction of any property, such as graffiti or defacement.
- What is vandalism in Hindi?
- Vandalism in Hindi is तोड़फोड़, तोड़-फोड़. See Vandalism meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vandalism?
- Vandalism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vandalism?
- Vandalism is pronounced /ˈvændəlɪzm̩/ (US).
- What is the plural of vandalism?
- The plural of vandalism is vandalisms.
Words near vandalism in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vandalism (page history and authors); vandalism (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vandalism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vandalism (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vandalism (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vandalism (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); നശീകരണം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); vandalism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vandalism (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vandalism (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vandalism (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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