Character vandalised tea urn (6)
I believe the answer is:
nature
'character' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'vandalised tea urn' is the wordplay.
'vandalised' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tea'+'urn'='teaurn'
'teaurn' anagrammed gives 'NATURE'.
(Other definitions for nature that I've seen before include "Inherent character" , "Essential character" , "Innate quality" , "Creation - character" , "mother, so-called" .)