vandaliseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• vandalize (US, Oxford British English)

語源

From vandal +‎ -ise.

発音

• IPA: /ˈvændəlaɪz/
• ハイフネーション: van‧dal‧ise

動詞

vandalise (third-person singular simple present vandalises, present participle vandalising, simple past and past participle vandalised) (non-Oxford British English)

1. To needlessly destroy or deface other people’s property or public property; to commit vandalism.
   • 2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 139:

     But... No. Luján broke his violin. That part definitely happened; he remembers it with distressing clarity. His relationship with Luján has never been much more than tepidly professional, but the man was a professional. To vandalise a precious instrument like that would be unthinkable for him, or anybody in the orchestra. There is something wrong.

     With everybody.

     Except him.

   • 2023 March 8, “Network News: First Tyne & Wear Metro '555' already 'tagged'”, in RAIL, number 978, page 9:

     Unfortunately, one side of the new five-car train is daubed in graffiti, having been vandalised in Wembley Yard, en route from Switzerland.

派生語

• vandalism, vandalisation, vandalization