VANDALIZED Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

vandalized

verb

past tense of vandalize

as in destroyed

to deliberately cause the damage or destruction of another's property he decided to vandalize the store because the owner had kicked him out

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Recent Examples of vandalized The Brownsville Youth Soccer Association is seeking help from the community after its soccer fields were vandalized. — Josh Taylor, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 Flock cameras have now been vandalized in at least 36 states, according to NPR. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026 His car has been vandalized while crammed in unsafe parking lots. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 The cameras vandalized last week were focused on opposite lanes of traffic on Oak Avenue, near the roadway’s intersection with Santa Juanita Avenue, which forms a partial border between Folsom and Orangevale. — Haley Parsley august 22, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026 For a long time, the statue was fenced in after it was vandalized in June 2020. — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026 My neighbor’s child recently vandalized my fence and got caught lying about it. — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026 When the camera is vandalized, Anna climbs the towering tree to fix it, bringing her face-to-face with the nesting eagle. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 In the Dallas area, dozens of Flock cameras have been vandalized, ABC Dallas affiliate WFAA reported on Wednesday. — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

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The fire started in the 2300 block of Pickett Road and destroyed five structures, according to Cal Fire.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Almost 50 homes and other structures have been destroyed so far; there have been several injuries, and one of Tibbetts’s neighbors lost 20 German shepherds.

— Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of destroyed

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At a key power plant that was severely damaged by the floods, workers started inspecting the facilities Sunday to survey the destruction.

— Victoria Milko, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
The Don Curry Nature Trail — named for the Troop 326 scoutmaster and Fort Worth attorney — replaced an older trail that had been damaged by erosion.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of damaged

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Meanwhile, as cars replaced horses, streets had to be widened, and several of the city’s many inconvenient hills were flattened—some houses were demolished, but plenty were simply rolled out of the way.

— Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
His Administration demolished the White House’s East Wing to make way for a ballroom costing hundreds of millions of dollars—a project facing its own legal challenges.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of demolished

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Anne Shirley has smashed her slate over Gilbert Blythe’s head.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
Archaeologists in Central Europe recently came across an unusual hoard of Bronze Age tools — including a sword that had been deliberately smashed with a powerful blow.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of smashed

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Three winemakers earlier this month filed suit against the owner of Hundred Acre Wines, Jayson Woodbridge, and his company alleging that smoke from the wildfire ruined their harvests, the Press Democrat reported.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Authorities in Napa County have charged a man for allegedly setting the 2025 Pickett Fire near Calistoga, which burned thousands of acres of Wine Country and ruined grape harvests because of the smoke.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of ruined

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The socialist government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has been trashed by the opposition over the crisis, who accuse them of failing to act.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026
Critics trashed the stun gloves as another giant loophole for ICE abuse and a waste of taxpayer money.

— Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of trashed

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The core of the Teamsters’ petition against the DMV is the claim that regulators violated the California Administrative Procedure Act by failing to complete an extensive study of the economic and practical impact of the policy change.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Meta also lost a separate social-media case brought by New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, after a court found that the company violated the state's child-safety laws and ordered it to pay over $900 million in penalties.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026

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