vandalizes
Wrecks public things
Vandalizes means deliberately damages or destroys property, especially public property or things belonging to others.
The word carries connotations of senseless or malicious destruction rather than purposeful demolition: Someone vandalized the school with graffiti, The statue was vandalized overnight.
The term derives from the Vandals, a Germanic tribe notorious for sacking Rome.
Illegal surface markings
- smashesBreaks forcefully apart
- defacesDamages surface appearance
- destroysCauses complete ruin
- damagesCompensation for injury
wrecks · trashes · ruins · tags · keys · breaks · shatters · mars
Quick improvised solutions
- defacesDamages surface appearance
- corruptsCauses moral decline
- deletesRemoves stored information
- sabotagesDeliberately undermines or destroys
trolls · spams · breaches · compromises · hijacks · crashes · overwrites · disrupts
Corrodes on the surface
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- corruptsCauses moral decline
- underminesWeakens by stealth
- destroysCauses complete ruin
sabotages · debases · degrades · pollutes · taints · besmirches · mars · soils
graffiti
Illegal surface markings
damages · wrecks · trashes · ruins · tags · keys · breaks · shatters · mars · desecrates
hacks
Quick improvised solutions
sabotages · trolls · spams · breaches · compromises · hijacks · crashes · overwrites · disrupts · infects
tarnishes
Corrodes on the surface
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- corruptsCauses moral decline
- underminesWeakens by stealth
destroys · sabotages · debases · degrades · pollutes · taints · besmirches · mars · soils · trashes
desecrates
Violates something sacred
demolishes · loots · pillages · iconoclasm · statues · monuments · shrines · temples · artifacts · heritage
vandalizesrepairs
Restorative maintenance work
restores · fixes · renovates · refurbishes · mends
vandalizespreserves
Cooked fruit in sugar
protects · conserves · safeguards · maintains · restores
vandalizesbeautifies
Makes more attractive
embellishes · adorns · enhances · improves · decorates