vandalise en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈvændəlaɪz/
Etymology
From vandal + -ise.
Meanings
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To needlessly destroy or deface other people’s property or public property; to commit vandalism.
Unfortunately, one side of the new five-car train is daubed in graffiti, having been vandalised in Wembley Yard, en route from Switzerland.
2023 March 8, “Network News: First Tyne & Wear Metro '555' already 'tagged'”, in RAIL, number 978, page 9:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| vandalised | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| vandalised | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| vandalize | British, English, Oxford, US, alternative | lexicographic | |
| vandalises | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| vandalising | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
vandalism · vandalisation · vandalization
Translations (28)
vo vandalön (to needlessly destroy) · fo gera herverk (to needlessly destroy) · el βανδαλίζω (to needlessly destroy) · fi tärvellä (to needlessly destroy) · da vandalisere (to needlessly destroy) · kw vandalisa (to needlessly destroy) · pl zwandalizować (to needlessly destroy) · bo གཅག་གཏོར་བྱས (to needlessly destroy) · es vandalizar (to needlessly destroy) · ia vandalisar (to needlessly destroy) · pt vandalizar (to needlessly destroy) · no vandalisere (to needlessly destroy) · pl wandalizować (to needlessly destroy) · it vandalizzare (to needlessly destroy) · ru разруша́ть (to needlessly destroy) · de vandalisieren (to needlessly destroy) · ru разру́шить (to needlessly destroy) · cmn 破壞 /破坏 (to needlessly destroy) · sv vandalisera (to needlessly destroy) · ja 打ち壊す (to needlessly destroy) · th ทำลาย (to needlessly destroy) · mi takakino (to needlessly destroy) · de mutwillig zerstören (to needlessly destroy) · cy fandaleiddio (to needlessly destroy) · et vandaalitsema (to needlessly destroy) · tr vandalize etmek (to needlessly destroy) · fi vandalisoida (to needlessly destroy) · fr vandaliser (to needlessly destroy)