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- DESPOIL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of DESPOIL is to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage How to use despoil in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Despoil
- Despoil - definition of despoil by The Free Dictionary
To deprive of something valuable, especially by force; rob: The invaders despoiled the town of its art treasures He was despoiled of his inheritance by crooked lawyers 2 To ruin, especially by destroying or removing what is valuable: "a landscape that had been raped and despoiled by coal mining" (George Black)
- DESPOIL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
DESPOIL definition: 1 to make a place less attractive especially by taking things away from it by force: 2 to make a… Learn more
- Despoil Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
DESPOIL meaning: 1 : to severely damage or ruin (a place); 2 : to forcefully take what is valuable from (a place)
- despoil - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
despoil (third-person singular simple present despoils, present participle despoiling, simple past and past participle despoiled) To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from
- despoil verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of despoil verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- Despoil - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
Despoil is to spoil, only worse You may spoil a dinner party by being late, but we all despoil the earth with pollution and over-consumption The Latin root of despoil meant "to strip or rob" and although despoil is used more broadly now, it has that sense within it
- despoil, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
What does the noun despoil mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun despoil , one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
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