VANDALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vandalise mean? 

• VANDALISE (verb)
  The verb VANDALISE has 1 sense:

1. destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism

  Familiarity information: VANDALISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VANDALISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they vandalise    ... he / she / it vandalises   
Past simple: vandalised   
Past participle: vandalised   
-ing form: vandalising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

vandalise; vandalize

Context example:

vandalize the park

Hypernyms (to "vandalise" is one way to...):

destroy; ruin (destroy completely; damage irreparably)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vandalise"):

key (vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

vandal (someone who willfully destroys or defaces property)