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graffiti

verb

Definition of graffitinext
as in to tag

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Recent Examples of graffiti In New York City, antisemites graffiti the walls with Jew-hatred. — Mike Wagenheim, Sun Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2022 The announcement follows a weekend of protests in the United Kingdom, where on June 7, protesters tore down a statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol and graffitied a statue of Sir Winston Churchill in London. — Mélissa Godin, Time, 9 June 2020 What parts of the dining room walls that aren’t obscured by supplies are graffitied with well wishes in English, Spanish and Mandarin, and taped with paper bills like a neighborhood bar. — Amy Scattergood, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2020 In under a hundred years, Florence’s equivalent of a New York minute, the majority were bordered up, graffitied over, repurposed into doorbell posts, or completely covered. — Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2020 See All Example Sentences for graffiti
Recent Examples of Synonyms for graffiti
  1. tag
  2. desecrate
  3. damage
  4. deface
  5. vandalize
  6. violate
  7. trash
Verb
  • Warburg’s pictures, like the books in his library, were tagged with numbers, which grew as the project evolved.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Midfielder Héctor Herrera was tagged with a red card during stoppage time for his second yellow in the first half and Houston played short-handed after the break.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of tag
Verb
  • Then in January 2026, according to police, a potential family member reached out to police and said the mausoleum and grave of a relative at Riverview Cemetery were unlawfully desecrated in 2002.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Without criminal consequences, operators who profit from desecrating the dead have nothing to fear.
    — Susana Mendoza, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of desecrate
Verb
  • The attack on Kyiv damaged more than 50 civilian sites, including apartment blocks, post offices, a maternity hospital and a textile plant, Vyhivskyi, the interior minister, said.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Tests also found that the electrical pulses used for communication did not damage tissue samples.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of damage
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  • Over the weekend, ShinyHunters boasted about hijacking and defacing CLOP’s site on the dark web with an image of a Pokémon.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
  • This is now the third attempt to deface this sacred memorial and turn it into a vanity project for one man’s ego.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of deface
Verb
  • In August, Kuna had at least two incidents of people vandalizing or stealing the license-plate readers, Emily Walker, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, told the Statesman Thursday.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 20 Sep. 2026
  • At issue is Hamilton Street, a block-long stretch of broken sidewalks, vacant and vandalized buildings, overgrown lots and what appear to be abandoned cars.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of vandalize
Verb
  • In a filing late Tuesday, administration lawyers argued that the ban does not violate the First Amendment, which guarantees the right to a free press.
    — JOCELYN NOVECK, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The Southern Environmental Law Center, a large environment watchdog, just filed a lawsuit alleging the OpenAI deal violated Georgia sunshine laws that guarantee public access to government meetings and records.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of violate
Verb
  • In Afghanistan, tons more of the troops’ trash still festers in the landscape.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The residents of Mossy Bottom Farm are looking forward to Halloween – until the clumsy Farmer trashes the Flock’s beloved pumpkin patch.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of trash

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“Graffiti.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graffiti. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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