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Van·dal
(văn′dl)n.
1. vandal One who willfully or maliciously defaces or destroys public or private property.
2. A member of a Germanic people that overran Gaul, Spain, and northern Africa in the fourth and fifth centuries ad and sacked Rome in 455.
[Latin Vandalus, Vandal, probably of Germanic origin.]
Van·dal′ic (văn-dăl′ĭk) adj.
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vandal
(ˈvændəl)n
a. a person who deliberately causes damage or destruction to personal or public property
b. (as modifier): vandal instincts.
[C17: from Vandal, from Latin Vandallus, of Germanic origin]
Vandal
(ˈvændəl)n
1. (Peoples) a member of a Germanic people that raided Roman provinces in the 3rd and 4th centuries ad before devastating Gaul (406–409), conquering Spain and N Africa, and sacking Rome (455): crushed by Belisarius at Carthage (533)
2. (Historical Terms) a member of a Germanic people that raided Roman provinces in the 3rd and 4th centuries ad before devastating Gaul (406–409), conquering Spain and N Africa, and sacking Rome (455): crushed by Belisarius at Carthage (533)
Vandalic adj
ˈVandalˌism n
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van•dal
(ˈvæn dl)n.
1. (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. a person who willfully or ignorantly destroys or mars public or private property.
[1545–55; < Late Latin Vandalus, Latinized tribal name]
Van•dal′ic (-ˈdæl ɪk) adj.
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vandal
noun hooligan, ned (Scot. slang), delinquent, rowdy, lager lout, graffiti artist, boot boy, yob or yobbo (Brit. slang) The phone box had been destroyed by vandals.
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Vandal
[ˈvændəl] (Hist)B. N → vándalo/a m/f
vandal
[ˈvændəl] N → vándalo/a m/f, gamberro/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
vandal
(ˈvӕndəl) noun a person who purposely and pointlessly damages or destroys public buildings or other property. Vandals have damaged this telephone kiosk.vándalo
ˈvandalism noun the behaviour of a vandal. All the telephones are out of order owing to vandalism.vandalismo
ˈvandalize, ˈvandalise verbThe lift in our block of flats has been vandalized.destrozar
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vandal
→ gamberro , vándaloMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009