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 Definitions of Vandal  [ˈvæn dl]  

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Definition of 'Vandal' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) vandal
(cap.) a member of a Germanic people who shortly after a.d. 400 moved from E Europe through Gaul and Spain to Africa, established a kingdom there, and raided the W Mediterranean by sea, sacking Rome in 455.

2.  vandal
a person who willfully or ignorantly destroys or mars public or private property.

Etymology:  (1545–55; < LL Vandalus, Latinized tribal name)

Definition of 'Vandal' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) vandal
someone who willfully destroys or defaces property

2. (noun) Vandal
a member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455


Definition of 'Vandal' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Vandal
alt. of Vandalic

2. (noun) Vandal
one of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous and fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome in the 5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art and literature

3. (noun) Vandal
hence, one who willfully destroys or defaces any work of art or literature


Translation of 'Vandal' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a person who purposely and pointlessly damages or destroys public buildings or other property
Vandals have damaged this telephone kiosk.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vandaal Arabic flag Arabic: مُخَرِّب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: вандал
Brazilian flag Brazilian: vândalo Czech flag Czech: vandal German flag German: der Vandale, die Vandalin
Danish flag Danish: hærværksmand; vandal Greek flag Greek: βάνδαλος Spanish flag Spanish: vándalo
Estonian flag Estonian: vandaal Farsi flag Farsi: آدم ویرانگر Finnish flag Finnish: vandaali
French flag French: vandale Hebrew flag Hebrew: מַשחִית Hindi flag Hindi: सत्यानाशी
Croatian flag Croatian: vandal Hungarian flag Hungarian: vandál Indonesian flag Indonesian: perusak
Icelandic flag Icelandic: vandali, skemmdarvargur Italian flag Italian: vandalo Japanese flag Japanese: 公共物破壊者
Korean flag Korean: 공공 건물이나 재산의 파괴자 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vandalas Latvian flag Latvian: vandalis
Malay flag Malay: pelaku musnah Dutch flag Dutch: vandaal Norwegian flag Norwegian: bølle, vandal
Polish flag Polish: wandal Portuguese flag Portuguese: vândalo Romanian flag Romanian: vandal
Russian flag Russian: хулиган, вандал Slovak flag Slovak: vandal, barbar Slovenian flag Slovenian: vandal
Serbian flag Serbian: vandal Swedish flag Swedish: vandal Thai flag Thai: ผู้ทำลายทรัพย์สินโดยเฉพาะ
Turkish flag Turkish: vandal, yakıp yıkma yanlı Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 惡意破壞公物或他人財物者 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: вандал, варвар
Urdu flag Urdu: غنڈہ، تخريب کار Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: kẻ cố ý phá hoại Chinese flag Chinese: 故意毁坏文物者或破坏他人财产者

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