vandalizationn.
1. The action of rendering barbarous.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [noun] > rendering uncivilized
vandalization1800
rebarbarization1833
barbarization1854
barbarizing1861
decivilization1878
1800 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 8 684 Events thicken to accelerate the entire Vandalization of Europe.
2. An act of vandalism.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > vandalism or iconoclasm > act of
vandalism1882
vandalization1984
1984 Times 16 June 18/8 We know one couple who finally gave in to silent local pressure to move out (five break-ins..two vandalizations).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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