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vandal

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1. vandal - Noun

2. vandal - Adjective

3. Vandal - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Hence, one who willfully destroys or defaces any work of art or literature.

Alt. of Vandalic

Source: Webster's dictionary

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When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him Vandal. When he wantonly destroys one of the works of God we call him Sportsman. Joseph Wood Krutch

When you wage war on the public schools, you're attacking the mortar that holds the community together. You're not a conservative, you're a vandal. Garrison Keillor

I don't mind being arrested for putting on a free concert, but I don't want to be arrested for being a vandal. I am a vandal and I do regret what I did. I really do regret it. It was dumb. Bono

To be successful, a campaign to maintain the free internet and freedom of information has to go beyond vandal hackers. Stunts designed not to provoke dialogue or persuade the public of the rightness of the cause but simply to throw up a middle finger to authority are more hindrance than help. Heather Brooke

Do you know why a vandal is worse than a thief?' asked the man on the right, in a soft growl. ‘A thief steals a treasure from its owner. A vandal steals it from the world. Frances Hardinge

After a second defeat at the Battle of Tricamarum later in the year, the Vandal kingdom was all but ended. Source: Internet

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