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# vandal

«vandal» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who deliberately damages or destroys property** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a vandal, vandals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A vandal is a person who deliberately damages or destroys property. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vandal/#m1)

2) (history) The Vandals were a group of people who attacked Rome long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vandal/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In safety and citizenship lessons, vandals break windows or spray graffiti. Vandalism is a crime. Phrases: vandals broke, attacked by vandals.

### examples

- Vandals broke the bus shelter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vandal/#x1)
- Someone sprayed graffiti; the police are looking for the vandals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vandal/#x2)
- The park bench was damaged by vandals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vandal/#x3)
- The Vandals were an ancient tribe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vandal/#x4)
- Don't be a vandal; respect property. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vandal/#x5)
- Vandals smashed the school windows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vandal/#x6)

### note

Countable. Noun for the crime: vandalism; verb: vandalise (UK) / vandalize (US).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «vandal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vandal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.