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Vandalism

The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction or defacement of their monuments.

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Destruction 76% connected

The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.

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Devastation 76% connected

The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.

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Devilment 76% connected

Deviltry.

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Devilry 76% connected

Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry.

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Deviltry 76% connected

Diabolical conduct; malignant mischief; devilry.

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Mischief 76% connected

Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamit…

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Mischief-making 76% connected

Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels.

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Rascality 76% connected

The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud.

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Roguery 76% connected

The life of a vargant.

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