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What is the verb for vandalism?

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vandalise
  1. To needlessly destroy or deface other people’s property or public property; to commit vandalism.
  2. Examples:
    1. “I don't believe our youths would stoop so low as to desecrate the graves or vandalise the cemetery.”
      “But in relation to the new cemetery, I don't believe our youths would stoop so low as to desecrate the graves or vandalise the cemetery.”
      “We must send out a message that to vandalise public facilities is neither big nor clever.”
vandalize
  1. US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of vandalise.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The group of teenagers decided to vandalize the park by spray-painting graffiti on the playground equipment.”
      “I also learned how to smash someone's face in with a bar, and the correct boots to wear to kick, severely damage and vandalize private property.”
      “She tends and cultivates this large, lovely garden every day and if people vandalize it over night, she cleans it up the following day.”
vandalised
vandalized
vandalizes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vandalize
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The man who vandalizes a church, say, doesn't want his name in the paper either.”
      “Rushing into the street one evening, he gleefully vandalizes the offending vehicle.”
      “If somebody breaks into a synagogue and vandalizes it, you can prove that someone broke in and vandalized it.”
vandals
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vandals
vandalising
  1. present participle of vandalise
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I was trying to reattach a wiper blade at the time and I thought he might have thought I was vandalising the car.”
      “The women also claimed that children had been relieving themselves in the park, vandalising fences and throwing eggs at people's doors.”
      “A court has gagged the Wandsworth Guardian to prevent it naming two boys accused of terrorising and vandalising their neighbourhood.”
vandalizing
  1. present participle of vandalize
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “If your neighbour was infringing on your right to run your business or was vandalizing your property would you say nothing?”
      “Getting fat out of sheer gluttony is vandalizing the Temple of the Holy Spirit.”
      “We can talk about the gamesmanship today, but what we have is an attempt at vandalizing and compromising the future of this nation.”
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