as in destroyed
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 vandalized
The crowd stopped the congressional certification of Biden's victory for several hours, sent lawmakers running and vandalized the building before police regained control.
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Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
The crowd stopped the congressional certification of Biden’s victory for several hours, sent lawmakers running and vandalized the building before police regained control.
—ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
The crowd stopped the congressional certification of Biden’s victory for several hours, sent lawmakers running for safety and vandalized the building before police regained control.
—Mary Clare Jalonick, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
The crowd stopped the congressional certification of Biden's victory for several hours, sent lawmakers running and vandalized the building before police regained control.
—CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
In 2020, amid nationwide protests over racial injustice, a bronze statue of Sutter outside Sutter Health Medical Center in midtown Sacramento was vandalized with red paint and later removed.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Shortly after Messi’s arrival at Inter Miami, a giant mural of him in downtown Miami was vandalized with purple paint.
—Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 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
Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
The crowd stopped the congressional certification of Biden’s victory for several hours, sent lawmakers running and vandalized the building before police regained control.
—ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
The crowd stopped the congressional certification of Biden’s victory for several hours, sent lawmakers running for safety and vandalized the building before police regained control.
—Mary Clare Jalonick, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
The crowd stopped the congressional certification of Biden's victory for several hours, sent lawmakers running and vandalized the building before police regained control.
—CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
In 2020, amid nationwide protests over racial injustice, a bronze statue of Sutter outside Sutter Health Medical Center in midtown Sacramento was vandalized with red paint and later removed.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Shortly after Messi’s arrival at Inter Miami, a giant mural of him in downtown Miami was vandalized with purple paint.
—Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vandalized
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Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2026
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Athens then destroyed Melos and launched the Sicily Expedition with overwhelming force and no coherent theory of governance for what came next.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
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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This was not one website defaced for headlines.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2026
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Years of sanctions and Ukrainian attacks have damaged parts of Russia's energy infrastructure, limiting the speed at which the country can ramp up production or exports.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The biggest difference is that the old Kop terrace, which stood derelict for years, has finally been demolished, with a new stand now under construction.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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After swinging through a slider on the first pitch, Guerrero demolished a low, inside curveball into the concourse over the left-field seats for a two-run homer that made it 4-1.—
Noah Gulley,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Will Gasparino leads the Bruins with 11 home runs so far this season, while top MLB draft prospect Roch Cholowsky has smashed eight homers.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
9 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
Verb
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What father would ever allow such devastation, assuring fellow patriarchs that their lives without sons would be ruined forever?—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Burd and Batalucco have essentially ruined their home by placing cameras everywhere so Friends Keep Secrets can always be capturing whoever is wherever.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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As actors, you get told what to say or what projects to do, and you get trashed online.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2026
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Spectators sometimes pile dozens around their necks, but many are trashed or left on the ground.—
TRAVIS LOLLER,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In January, a judge ruled that the city violated the state’s open meeting law when council members made a plan behind closed doors to sweep 9,800 homeless encampments.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
10 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
Cite this Entry
“Vandalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vandalized. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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