VANDALIZE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for VANDALIZE?

Need another word that means the same as “vandalize”? Find 15 synonyms for “vandalize” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Vandalize” are: vandalise, harm, do damage to, injure, mar, deface, mutilate, mangle, impair, blemish, disfigure, blight, spoil, defile, desecrate

Vandalize as a Verb

Definitions of "Vandalize" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “vandalize” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Deliberately destroy or damage (public or private property.
• Destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism.

Synonyms of "Vandalize" as a verb (15 Words)

blemish	Add a flaw or blemish to make imperfect or defective. Her face was blemished.
blight	Infect plants with blight. Some people complain that wind farms blight the landscape.
deface	Mar or spoil the appearance of. Scars defaced her cheeks.
defile	Damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil. The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it.
desecrate	Treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect. Many lanes are desecrated with yellow lines.
disfigure	Mar or spoil the appearance of. Litter disfigures the countryside.
do damage to	Carry out or perform an action.
harm	Cause or do harm to. These pills won t harm your system.
impair	Make worse or less effective. A noisy job could permanently impair their hearing.
injure	Suffer physical harm or damage to (a part of one’s body. A libel calculated to injure the company s reputation.
mangle	Press with a mangle. Mangle the sheets.
mar	Make imperfect. Violence marred a number of New Year celebrations.
mutilate	Inflict serious damage on. Most of the prisoners had been mutilated.
spoil	(of food) become unfit for eating. The enemy entered into Hereford spoiled and fired the city and razed the walls to the ground.
vandalise	Destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism.

Usage Examples of "Vandalize" as a verb

• Vandalize the park.
• Stations have been vandalized beyond recognition.