vandalic
Americanadjective
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(initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Vandals.
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of or relating to vandalism.
Etymology
Origin of vandalic
Example Sentences
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The transportation of meat, that the modern vandalic economic system furnishes us with from foreign lands, especially from South America and Australia, has been very nearly exhausted within few decades.
From Woman under socialism by Daniel De Leon
Nor did this vandalic soldier show any consideration for the wishes of the people whom he professed to have come to protect.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson
Both the chapel and the crypt were found in a state of devastation hardly credible, as though the plunderers had taken pleasure in satisfying their vandalic instincts to the utmost.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
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