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vandalize

verb as in destroy

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Ruto publicly ordered police to aim for the legs of any protester vandalizing businesses.

Fateh’s campaign office in Minneapolis was vandalized with a message that read, “Somali Muslim — this warning is no joke.”

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The police version of events said officers were summoned about 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday to a robbery call in the 700 block of W. Channel Street, where they found Nielsen vandalizing the store.

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To be sure, a handful of those protesters made the demonstrations less productive by setting police and private vehicles on fire and vandalizing storefronts, causing significant damage.

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"In France, not a day passes without Jews assaulted in the street, synagogues or schools defaced, or Jewish-owned businesses vandalized. Your own Interior Ministry has reported antisemitic incidents even at preschools."

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