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despoil

/ despoil /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
steal goods; take as spoils
"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
Type of:
take
Kinds of:
deplume displume
Derived:
loot booty pillage plunder prize
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
destroy and strip of its possession
"The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
Type of:
destroy ruin
Derived:
plundering pillage pillaging spoil spoliation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
28%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
15
Times Searched
2
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take deplume displume destroy ruin