Despoil - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|dɪˈspɔɪl|
Brit.
|dɪˈspɔɪl|
verb
- steal goods; take as spoils (syn: foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip)
- destroy and strip of its possession (syn: plunder, rape, spoil, violate)
- destroy and strip of its possession (syn: plunder, rape, spoil, violate)
Extra examples
The landscape has been despoiled by industrial development.
...the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence...
The coach was despoiled by high-way men.
The trees were despoiled of their leaves in the high wind.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: despoil
he/she/it: despoils
present participle: despoiling
past tense: despoiled
past participle: despoiled
I/you/we/they: despoil
he/she/it: despoils
present participle: despoiling
past tense: despoiled
past participle: despoiled
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