graffitiing

verb

variants also graffiting
present participle of graffiti
as in violating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graffitiing
  1. violating
  2. tagging
  3. desecrating
  4. damaging
  5. hurting
  6. impairing
  7. wiping out
  8. harming
Verb
  • One of Torrez’s bills would remove the cap on penalties for violating New Mexico’s consumer protection laws.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Keith DiMarco, the mayor of Glassport Borough in Allegheny County, was arrested for violating a protection-from-abuse order filed by his wife and 22-year-old stepdaughter, sources tell KDKA-TV.
    — Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of violating
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  • Just share an Instagram or Facebook story that day with your free ICEE using #NID2026 and tagging @TheICEECompany.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Bryce Eldridge started his day by turning a one-man double play at first base after handling a sharp grounder and tagging out the runner retreating to first while stepping on the bag.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of tagging
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  • After desecrating the statue, the vandal returns the hammer to his pocket, scales the fence and flees into the night, the footage shows.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • After desecrating a sacred hunting ground in their youth, four Blackfeet men are visited by dire consequences in adulthood.
    — Hannah Whitten, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of desecrating
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  • The strikes hit 12 locations across Kyiv’s Darnytskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Solomianskyi districts, damaging residential buildings, a medical facility and an educational institution.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Oracle, for its part, argues that Project Jupiter will create massive investment for the region without damaging the environment.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of damaging
Verb
  • This raised the possibility of improper interference with the Armenian electoral process, possibly also hurting reconciliation efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
    — Daniel Markind, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Because that’s obviously hurting jobs and the film community in America.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of hurting
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  • Chronic stress also reshapes the prefrontal cortex, impairing our ability to manage stress overall.
    — Erin Clabough, The Conversation, 31 July 2026
  • Researchers found that even a few days of a high-fat diet resembling cheeseburgers and fries disrupted CCK interneurons in the hippocampus, impairing memory.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
Definition of impairing
Verb
  • Shares slumped 16% for a third straight session of losses, wiping out $400 billion in market cap on Monday alone.
    — Gail Krishnan, CNBC, 23 June 2026
  • The prospect of even a mini-Dust Bowl is alarming as the original disaster during the Great Depression sent dust clouds across rural America, wiping out entire communities and triggering mass migration to other parts of the country.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 June 2026
Definition of wiping out
Verb
  • These harming practices were sometimes directed at slave owners.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • They have been used to subdue violent suspects who are refusing to get into squad cars and inmates who are harming themselves and threatening officers, according to Compliant Technologies.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of harming
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“Graffitiing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graffitiing. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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