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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 van·dal /ˈvændḷ/
 汪達爾人;文化藝術的破壞者

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Van·dal n.
 1. Anc. Hist. 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.
 2. Hence, one who willfully destroys or defaces any work of art or literature, or anything valluable.
 The Vandals of our isle,
 Sworn foes to sense and law.   --Cowper.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Van·dal Van·dal·ic a. Of or pertaining to the Vandals; resembling the Vandals in barbarism and destructiveness.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 vandal
      n 1: someone who willfully destroys or defaces property
      2: a member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain
         and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455