as in to destroy
to deliberately cause the damage or destruction of another's property
he decided to vandalize the store because the owner had kicked him out
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Recent Examples of vandalize
The ministry said settlers vandalized or attacked 45 mosques in the West Bank last year.
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Aref Tufaha, Arkansas Online, 24 Feb. 2026
According to the indictment, a group of people clad in black and wearing masks, some carrying firearms and wearing body armor, shot fireworks toward the center and vandalized vehicles and a guard shed.
—ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
Photographs on social media showed charred cars and busses, vandalized supermarkets and road blockades in and around Jalisco state.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
Early Saturday morning, a building in Boise rented by ICE and DHS was vandalized, with windows broken and spray paint used, according to Boise police.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 23 Feb. 2026
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Aref Tufaha, Arkansas Online, 24 Feb. 2026
According to the indictment, a group of people clad in black and wearing masks, some carrying firearms and wearing body armor, shot fireworks toward the center and vandalized vehicles and a guard shed.
—ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
Photographs on social media showed charred cars and busses, vandalized supermarkets and road blockades in and around Jalisco state.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
Early Saturday morning, a building in Boise rented by ICE and DHS was vandalized, with windows broken and spray paint used, according to Boise police.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vandalize
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The port has already planted acres of mangroves and sea grass and donated the land to the state of Florida to offset the habitat that would be destroyed during dredging.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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The reasons for this cautious response are many, ranging from the precarious diplomatic implications of the conflict, disruptions to its energy security, and the embarrassing implications of allowing an ally to be destroyed.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Mar. 2026
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Denilson Pires was arrested and charged with carrying a firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without an FID card, and defacing a firearm serial number.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
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Splatters of paint now dot the mural of Iryna Zarutska, the slain Ukrainian refugee, after an unknown vandal defaced the building at the corner of North Western and West Montrose avenues.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2026
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With the new bridge’s opening, the old iron bridge was demolished.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
6 Mar. 2026
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In December 2025, the old Harbormaster building was demolished, and utility and electrical work began, according to the project website.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Wearing hooded sweatshirts and full-face masks, the robbers ordered employees to one part of the room at gunpoint before two of them smashed the glass display cases with sledgehammers, The Charlotte Observer previously reported.—
Nick Sullivan
March 7,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Mar. 2026
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Rocco-Herrmann/Getty Images After the price of silver smashed through a record $100 per ounce milestone in late January, many investors would be forgiven for expecting the metal to continue its remarkable surge upward largely unimpeded.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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People suffer and the country becomes ruined.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Anti-Chafe Stick With sweaty bodies and lots of walking often comes chafing, something that can ruin a day in a theme park faster than a thunderstorm.—
Terri Peters,
Parents,
6 Mar. 2026
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In February, for instance, the Department of Justice joined a lawsuit brought by the 1776 Project Foundation, alleging that the Los Angeles Unified School District had violated the law by conditioning funding on the basis of student race.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Mar. 2026
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Indiana has been at the center of the tanking discussion in the NBA after being fined $100,000 for violating the league’s player participation policy.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Bahrain and Qatar have effectively halted production of oil and LNG, keeping output at a trickle to avoid complete shutdowns that could damage reservoirs and delay restarts.—
Amena Bakr,
semafor.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Driving through deep water can also damage a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Mar. 2026
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Privately, the future Hall of Famer has been accused of using anonymous social media accounts to trash his teammates.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Rioters were trashing and burning Tehran in opposition to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, while the Shah's secret police, SAVAK, arrested the major opposition figure who was about to call on Pahlavi to leave Iran to make way for a democratic Islamic state.—
Brit McCandless Farmer,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Vandalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vandalize. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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