despoil
11despoil — [[t]dɪspɔ͟ɪl[/t]] despoils, despoiling, despoiled VERB To despoil a place means to make it less attractive, valuable, or important by taking things away from it or by destroying it. [FORMAL] [V n] People picking mushrooms are sometimes stopped by …
12despoil — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English despoylen, from Anglo French despoiller, from Latin despoliare, from de + spoliare to strip, rob more at spoil Date: 14th century to strip of belongings, possessions, or value ; pillage Synonyms: see… …
13despoil — despoiler, n. despoilment, n. /di spoyl /, v.t. to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage. [1175 1225; ME despoilen < OF despoillier < L despoliare to strip, rob, plunder, equiv. to de DE + spoliare to plunder; see… …
14despoil — verb /dɪˈspɔɪl/ a) To deprive for spoil; to take spoil from; to plunder; to rob; to pillage. To dreamers in the West, Tibet is a Shangri La despoiled by Chinese ruthlessness and rapacity. b) …
15despoil — Synonyms and related words: 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 …
16despoil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. pillage, plunder. See stealing. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. plunder, pillage, maraud; see raid , ravage , rob . See Synonym Study at ravage . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To rob of goods by force,… …
17despoil — de|spoil [dıˈspɔıl] v [T] literary [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: despoillier, from Latin spoliare to rob ] 1.) to make a place much less attractive by removing or damaging things →↑spoil 2.) to steal from a place or people using force,… …
18despoil — de|spoil [ dı spɔıl ] verb transitive LITERARY to take all the valuable or beautiful objects from a place …
19despoil — de·spoil || dɪ spɔɪl v. pillage, loot, rob …
20despoil — 1) spoiled 2) dipoles …
