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Vandal

One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous and fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome in the 5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art and literature.

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Barbarian 76% connected

A foreigner.

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Destroyer 76% connected

One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.

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Ruiner 76% connected

One who, or that which, ruins.

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Savage 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

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Undoer 76% connected

One who undoes anything; especially, one who ruins another.

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Waster 76% connected

One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.

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