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Despoil

Despoil Meaning & Definition
Despoil Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Despoil?

[v] destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
[v] steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Despoil: foray | loot | pillage | plunder | plunder | ransack | rape | reave | rifle | spoil | strip | violate

Related Terms | Find terms related to Despoil: abuse | adulterate | afflict | aggrieve | alloy | befoul | betray | bewitch | bleed | bleed white | blight | bring to ruin | canker | cheapen | coarsen | condemn | confound | consume | contaminate | corrupt | crucify | curse | damage | damn | deal destruction | debase | debauch | deceive | decimate | defile | deflower | degenerate | degrade | denature | denude | deplume | deprave | depredate | desecrate | desolate | destroy | devalue | devastate | devour | disadvantage | displume | disserve | dissolve | distort | distress | divest | do a mischief | do evil | do ill | do wrong | do wrong by | doom | drain | dry | engorge | envenom | exhaust | flay | fleece | forage | foray | force | freeboot | get into trouble | gobble | gobble up | gut | gut with fire | harass | harm | havoc | hex | hurt | impair | impoverish | incinerate | infect | injure | jinx | lay in ruins | lay waste | lead astray | loot | maltreat | maraud | menace | milk | mislead | mistreat | misuse | molest | outrage | persecute | pervert | pick clean | pillage | play havoc with | play hob with | pluck | plunder | poison | pollute | prejudice | prey on | prostitute | raid | ransack | rape | ravage | raven | ravish | reive | rifle | ruin | ruinate | sack | savage | scathe | seduce | shear | shipwreck | skin | soil | spoil | spoliate | strip | strip bare | suck dry | sully | swallow up | sweep | taint | threaten | throw into disorder | torment | torture | twist | ulcerate | unleash destruction | unleash the hurricane | upheave | vandalize | vaporize | violate | vitiate | vulgarize | warp | waste | wound | wrack | wreak havoc | wreak havoc on | wreck | wrong

See Also | deplume | destroy | displume | ruin | take

Despoil In Webster's Dictionary

\De*spoil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Despoiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Despoiling}.] [OF. despoiller, F. d['e]pouiller, L. despoliare, despoliatum; de- + spoliare to strip, rob, spolium spoil, booty. Cf. {Spoil}, {Despoliation}.] 1. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of. The clothed earth is then bare, Despoiled is the summer fair. --Gower. A law which restored to them an immense domain of which they had been despoiled. --Macaulay. Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss. --Milton. Syn: To strip; deprive; rob; bereave; rifle.
\De*spoil"\, n. Spoil. [Obs.] --Wolsey.

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