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
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said in a press release that 39-year-old Hans Haken vandalized a building at the corner of Market and Church streets on May 16 and attacked a resident of the building who confronted him.
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Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
The mayhem saw scores of arrests, five school buses vandalized or set afire and multiple NYPD cops assaulted.
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Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2026
According to the statement, the home on the 300 block of Home Avenue was vandalized with an antisemitic message on Wednesday.
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Cam'ron Hardy,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
According to Patel, one suspect allegedly targeted the Jewish Federation in Bloomfield Township that day, while another, who was employed by the university, vandalized the home of the University of Michigan's president.
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Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
One peaceful protest ended with the store being broken into and vandalized, officials said.
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Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
Los Angeles County elections officials are reviewing two instances where a vote center was vandalized and mail-in ballots in an official drop box were damaged by fire on Sunday, May 31.
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Andrea Klick,
Daily News,
1 June 2026
Just one day ahead of a crucial California primary election, officials said police have been notified of two possible acts of voter interference after ballots were discovered burned in a drop-off box and a vote center was vandalized.
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Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
It has, however, been vandalized several times.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
16 Dec. 2024
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
The mayhem saw scores of arrests, five school buses vandalized or set afire and multiple NYPD cops assaulted.
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Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2026
According to the statement, the home on the 300 block of Home Avenue was vandalized with an antisemitic message on Wednesday.
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Cam'ron Hardy,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
According to Patel, one suspect allegedly targeted the Jewish Federation in Bloomfield Township that day, while another, who was employed by the university, vandalized the home of the University of Michigan's president.
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Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
One peaceful protest ended with the store being broken into and vandalized, officials said.
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Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
Los Angeles County elections officials are reviewing two instances where a vote center was vandalized and mail-in ballots in an official drop box were damaged by fire on Sunday, May 31.
—
Andrea Klick,
Daily News,
1 June 2026
Just one day ahead of a crucial California primary election, officials said police have been notified of two possible acts of voter interference after ballots were discovered burned in a drop-off box and a vote center was vandalized.
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Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
It has, however, been vandalized several times.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
16 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vandalized
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The second inferno killed 12 people, destroyed 6,500 structures across the Palisades and Malibu and cost billions in damage and insurance claims.
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In Paradise, California, a community destroyed by wildfire adopted the ‘Wildfire Prepared Home Standard’ as its mandatory rebuilding benchmark.
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That was the last time the sign was defaced.
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The cemetery, created in 1859, was abandoned and defaced before becoming the property of the county in 1967.
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Joshua Serad, of Maple Shade, stole and damaged Pride flags Monday in the business district of Haddonfield on Kings Highway, according to police.
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Flying bricks damaged the crossing’s signal arms, and the crossing was closed by Union Pacific.
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When the new plant opens, Fiveash will eventually be decommissioned and demolished, but not right away.
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The existing residence was demolished, though plans to build a new house never moved forward.
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Archer's wickets were smashed by an unplayable shooter under his bat.
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The suspect also allegedly attacked a car at a gas station, which was found with its windows smashed out and an axe inside, and he was seen pushing down shelves inside the station’s market, BBC News reported.
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Its front-facing design deters pickpockets, while the water-resistant fabric protects your phone from surprise downpours or sweaty adventure days—because no one wants their phone ruined halfway through a trip.
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In practice, organic liquids like crude oil ruined everything.
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This was coming off a first season that was so unwatchable that even the network president trashed it.
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And now their head coach, Tonda Eckert, is seeing his reputation trashed.
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But the court ruled in February that Republican counter plans violated a Utah referendum prohibiting gerrymandering, solidifying the single district centered on the increasingly liberal Salt Lake City.
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The crash was not an accident, Adams said, because Pino violated several navigational rules — and piloted the boat without thinking about the well-being of his wife, daughter and the 11 girls on the boat.
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“Vandalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vandalized. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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