vandalize
American, Canadian, and Oxford British English standard spelling of vandaliseAmerican, Canadian, and Oxford British English standard spelling of vandalise.
» I hope our shop doesn't get vandalized.
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1 sensesAmerican, Canadian, and Oxford British English standard spelling of vandalise.
- destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism
Examples
32 sentencesI hope our shop doesn't get vandalized.
I hope that our shop doesn't get vandalized.
Tom found his house vandalized.
Several shops were vandalized.
deEs wurden mehrere Läden verwüstet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Yanni never vandalized someone else's car.
Forms
vandalizes, vandalizing, vandalized, vandalized| Base form | vandalize · to vandalize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | vandalizes |
| Present participle | vandalizing |
| Past simple | vandalized |
| Past participle | vandalized |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonyms- destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism:vandalise
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.