despoil
21despoil — [dɪ spɔɪl] verb steal valuable or attractive possessions from (a place). Derivatives despoiler noun despoilment noun despoliation dɪˌspəʊlɪ eɪʃ(ə)n noun Origin ME: from OFr. despoillier, from L. despoliare rob, plunder (from spolia spoil ) …
22despoil — v. a. 1. Strip, denude, divest, deprive, bereave. 2. Rob, plunder, pillage, ravage, devastate, rifle, fleece …
23despoil — verb (T) literary 1 to make a place much less attractive by removing or damaging things 2 to steal from a place using force, especially in a war …
24despoil — verb 1) a village despoiled by invaders Syn: plunder, pillage, rob, ravage, raid, ransack, rape, loot, sack; devastate, lay waste, ruin See note at ravage 2) …
25despoil — v 1. plunder, pillage, rob, spoliate, Archaic. spoil, Chiefly Scot. reive; ravage, harry, rape, maraud, ravish, depredate; raid, forage, ransack, sack, loot, gut, fleece, rifle; desecrate, defile, outrage, violate. 2. devastate, lay waste,… …
26despoil — de·spoil …
27despoil — de•spoil [[t]dɪˈspɔɪl[/t]] v. t. to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage • Etymology: 1175–1225; ME < OF despoillier < L dēspoliāre to strip, rob, plunder de•spoil′er, n. de•spoil′ment, n …
28despoil — /dəˈspɔɪl / (say duh spoyl) verb (t) to strip of possessions; rob; plunder; pillage. {Middle English despoile(n), from Old French despoillier, from Latin dēspoliāre plunder, rob} –despoiler, noun –despoilment, noun …
29despoil — /daspoyl/ This word involves, in its signification, violence or clandestine means by which one is deprived of that which he possesses …
30despoil — /daspoyl/ This word involves, in its signification, violence or clandestine means by which one is deprived of that which he possesses …
