Synonyms for vandal
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : van-dl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæn dl |
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Définition of vandal
Origin :- 1660s, "willful destroyer of what is beautiful or venerable," from Vandals, name of the Germanic tribe that sacked Rome in 455 under Genseric, from Latin Vandalus (plural Vandali), from the tribe's name for itself (Old English Wendlas), from Proto-Germanic *Wandal- "Wanderer."
- There does not seem to be in the story of the capture of Rome by the Vandals any justification for the charge of willful and objectless destruction of public buildings which is implied in the word 'vandalism.' It is probable that this charge grew out of the fierce persecution which was carried on by [the Vandal king] Gaiseric and his son against the Catholic Christians, and which is the darkest stain on their characters. ["Encyclopaedia Britannica," 13th ed., 1926]
- noun person who defiles property
- The vandal had known his way about in a laboratory, that was obvious.
- Extract from : « Damned If You Don't » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- Luce paused in her task of placing the knives and forks to look at the vandal.
- Extract from : « Her Mother's Secret » by Emma D. E. N. Southworth
- Some vandal has broken nearly every pane of glass in the house!
- Extract from : « The Young Bridge-Tender » by Arthur M. Winfield
- I looked upon my father as a Byzantian sage might have looked on a Vandal.
- Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- “We shall but exchange a Goth for a Vandal,” his wife replied.
- Extract from : « The Daughters of Danaus » by Mona Caird
- It roused the vandal in him—he longed to break her, mar her.
- Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn
- But if there had ever been one, it had decayed or been removed by some vandal as a relic.
- Extract from : « Sketches New and Old, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- In the manner of a vandal, he has slain for profit or sport.
- Extract from : « Domesticated Animals » by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
- The most vandal of the vandals are not always those we would suspect.
- Extract from : « The Spell of the Heart of France » by Andr Hallays
- "I should not think it a vandal's act—if we were married," she answered, and their eyes met.
- Extract from : « The Incredible Honeymoon » by E. Nesbit
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