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Van·dal       (vān'dl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. vandal One who willfully or maliciously defaces or destroys public or private property.
  2. A member of a Germanic people that overran Gaul, Spain, and northern Africa in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. and sacked Rome in 455.


[Latin Vandalus, Vandal, probably of Germanic origin.]

Van·dal'ic (vān-dāl'ĭk) adj.
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Vandals

A people of northern Europe, known for their cruelty and destructiveness, who invaded the Roman Empire and plundered Rome itself in the fifth century.

Note: The term vandalism, meaning wanton destructiveness, comes from the name of the Vandals.

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