Vandalize vs Destroy - What's the difference?
vandalize | destroy |
(American spelling)
To cause destruction.
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
To put down or euthanize.
(colloquial) To defeat soundly.
(computing) To remove data.
As verbs the difference between vandalize and destroy
is that vandalize is an alternative spelling of lang=en while destroy is To damage beyond use or repair.
vandalize
English
(wikipedia vandalize)Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
(vandaliz)Derived terms
* (l), (l)destroy
English
Verb
To damage beyond use or repair.
- The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
- ''Hooligans destroy unprovoked
- ''Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate
- Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
- The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.