'Vandalism' definitions:
Definition of 'vandalism'
From: WordNet
noun
Willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others [syn: vandalism, hooliganism, malicious mischief]
Definition of 'Vandalism'
From: GCIDE
- Vandalism \Van"dal*ism\, n. The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction or defacement of any object of beauty or value. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vandalism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acuteness,
- animality,
- atrociousness,
- atrocity,
- badness,
- barbarity,
- barbarousness,
- beastliness,
- bestiality,
- bloodbath,
- bloodiness,
- bloodlust,
- bloodthirst,
- bloodthirstiness,
- bloody-mindedness,
- blue ruin,
- breakup,
- brutality,
- brutalness,
- brutishness,
- cannibalism,
- carnage,
- consumption,
- cruelness,
- cruelty,
- damnation,
- decimation,
- depredation,
- desolation,
- despoilment,
- despoliation,
- destruction,
- destructiveness,
- devastation,
- discourtesy,
- disintegration,
- disorder,
- disorderliness,
- disorderly conduct,
- disorganization,
- disruption,
- disruptiveness,
- dissolution,
- extremity,
- ferociousness,
- ferocity,
- fiendishness,
- fierceness,
- force,
- frowned-upon behavior,
- furiousness,
- harshness,
- havoc,
- hecatomb,
- holocaust,
- hooliganism,
- horseplay,
- impetuosity,
- impropriety,
- inclemency,
- inhumaneness,
- inhumanity,
- intensity,
- malignity,
- mercilessness,
- mindlessness,
- misbehavior,
- misconduct,
- misdemeanor,
- misdoing,
- murderousness,
- naughtiness,
- nonsanctioned behavior,
- perdition,
- pitilessness,
- ravage,
- rigor,
- roughhouse,
- roughness,
- rowdiness,
- rowdyism,
- ruffianism,
- ruin,
- ruination,
- ruthlessness,
- sadism,
- sadistic cruelty,
- sanguineousness,
- savagery,
- severity,
- shambles,
- sharpness,
- slaughter,
- spoliation,
- terrorism,
- truculence,
- undoing,
- ungentleness,
- vehemence,
- venial sin,
- venom,
- vice,
- viciousness,
- violence,
- virulence,
- wanton cruelty,
- waste,
- wrack,
- wrack and ruin,
- wreck,
- wrongdoing