🇬🇧 Vandal meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A vandal is a person who purposely damages or ruins things that don’t belong to them, like drawing rude pictures on walls, scratching cars, smashing mailboxes, or breaking playground equipment. They know it’s wrong, but they still choose to destroy or mess up other people’s property for fun, anger, or attention.

When the vandal smashed the mailbox, the letters flew out like confetti at the world’s worst party.

The vandal carved “KEEP OUT!” on the treehouse, which was weird because it was his own treehouse.

A vandal cut the swing chains so no one could use them, including himself, the genius who also loved swinging.

Someone called a vandal erased “No running” on the sign so it only said “Running,” and chaos immediately began.

The word “vandal” comes from an ancient tribe called the Vandals, who were blamed (maybe a bit unfairly) for wrecking parts of the Roman Empire.

A quiet park woke when a vandal kicked a swing, then a vandal spray-painted the bench, then a vandal broke a birdhouse. A child cried. The vandal laughed until the neighbor stepped out, grabbed the vandal's arm and called for help. The vandal sat, ashamed, as people fixed the swings and the child smiled.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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