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
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  • The warring powers have intensified their attacks in the region, stoking fears of a return to full war, with Washington and Tehran accusing each other of violating a memorandum of understanding reached in June.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 20 July 2026
  • In many other countries, there is more formality than Americans are used to, and violating this is interpreted as disrespect.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 20 July 2026
Definition of violating
Verb
  • Others in that chat chimed in, tagging Miller in subsequent messages.
    — Alex Andrejev, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • Whether that’s donating money, stopping by your local shelter and just offering cuddles and walks to animals housed there or even just tagging them in the comments so other people can learn about their work.
    — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
Definition of tagging
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  • The penalty is identical to that for desecrating the flag or other national emblem of a foreign state, which was already in place.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 17 July 2026
  • One is about civic commonality, the other about authoritarian cynicism; one is about a city pulling together around a common pleasure, the other about desecrating the decorum of democracy.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
Definition of desecrating
Verb
  • Engineers can spot a bad move inside a crowded virtual home before the machine risks damaging something or moving too close to a person.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026
  • Crowds of people—including the relatives of patients—stormed Ituri’s Nyakunde Hospital, throwing stones and damaging its perimeter fence on July 15, according to Reuters.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 22 July 2026
Definition of damaging
Verb
  • This unwanted chemical warfare degrades the materials from the inside out, severely hurting performance and shortening the battery’s lifespan.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
  • On Tuesday, KeyBanc downgraded Apple to a sell on concerns about price hikes hurting demand.
    — Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of hurting
Verb
  • 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
  • The complete assembly weighs just enough for the Madagascar hissing cockroach, a species favored for cyborg research because of its large size, robustness, and wingless body, to carry without significantly impairing its movement.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 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
  • The states have argued that the merger threatens to increase prices and reduce output, harming theaters, cable and satellite distributors, and ultimately harming consumers as well.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 17 July 2026
  • According to PetMD, chewing is healthy as long as a cat is not harming itself.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
Definition of harming
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