as in defacer
a person who damages or destroys property on purpose
a group of vandals broke into the school and painted graffiti on the walls
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Recent Examples of vandal
Bear West’s owners in the online appeal said their eatery had been repeatedly targeted by vandals in the days leading to the fire, stopping short of saying the early Thursday fire was deliberately set.
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Following a community vigil Sunday night, vandals struck.
—Lorraine Taylor, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Early said that the victim took a picture of the alleged vandal, an act that appears to have escalated the confrontation.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2025
Small groups blocked roads while one contingent of vandals roughed up the lobby of traditionally anti-Kirchner TV station TN (owned by Grupo Clarín, one of Cristina’s historical antagonists).
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Following a community vigil Sunday night, vandals struck.
—Lorraine Taylor, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Early said that the victim took a picture of the alleged vandal, an act that appears to have escalated the confrontation.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2025
Small groups blocked roads while one contingent of vandals roughed up the lobby of traditionally anti-Kirchner TV station TN (owned by Grupo Clarín, one of Cristina’s historical antagonists).
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vandal
destroyer
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Meanwhile, the outgoing 47th task group, comprising the destroyer CNS Baotou, the frigate CNS Honghe and the supply ship CNS Gaoyouhu, has been on deployment for almost a year, after the three-ship flotilla left Zhoushan, China, on December 15, 2024.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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In August, the United States began assembling a large-scale deployment in the southern Caribbean Sea near northern Venezuela, creating a Joint Task Force that initially included three destroyers—equipped for air, anti-submarine and missile defense—and an amphibious group of roughly 4,500 troops.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Vandal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vandal. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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