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Definition of vandal

vandal

/ˈvæn.dəl/
van · dal
Plural:vandals
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Adjective:vandalic
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1

A person who deliberately destroys, defaces, or damages public or private property.

Example

"Security cameras helped identify the vandal who spray-painted the historic courthouse walls overnight."

2

A member of an East Germanic people who invaded Western Europe and North Africa in the fourth and fifth centuries AD and famously sacked Rome in 455 AD (usually capitalized as Vandal).

Example

"Historians have reevaluated the legacy of the Vandals in North Africa, noting that their rule was far more organized than traditional accounts suggest."

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vandalization

Word Origin & Etymology

From Latin Vandali, the name of an East Germanic people who sacked Rome in 455 AD and became proverbially associated with the senseless destruction of cultural monuments during the Enlightenment.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Vandal. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/vandal
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