VANDALIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they vandalize ... he / she / it vandalizes

Past simple: vandalized

Past participle: vandalized

-ing form: vandalizing

Meaning:

Destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism

Example:

vandalize the park

Synonyms:

vandalise; vandalize

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "vandalize" is one way to...):

destroy; ruin (destroy completely; damage irreparably)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vandalize"):

key (vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

vandal (someone who willfully destroys or defaces property)