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  1. despoil:


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Detailed Synonyms for despoil in English

despoil:

despoil verb

  1. despoil
    – destroy and strip of its possession 1
    to spoil; to violate; to rape; to plunder; despoil
    – destroy and strip of its possession 1
    • spoil verb (spoils, spoiled, spoiling)
    • violate verb (violates, violated, violating)
    • rape verb (rapes, raped, raping)
      • The soldiers raped the beautiful country1
    • plunder verb (plunders, plundered, plundering)
    • despoil verb
  2. despoil
    – steal goods; take as spoils 1
    to strip; to rifle; to loot; to pillage; to ransack; to plunder; foray; despoil; reave
    – steal goods; take as spoils 1
    • strip verb (strips, stripped, stripping)
    • rifle verb (rifles, rifled, rifling)
    • loot verb (loots, looted, looting)
      • During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners1
    • pillage verb (pillages, pillaged, pillaging)
    • ransack verb (ransacks, ransacked, ransacking)
    • plunder verb (plunders, plundered, plundering)
    • foray verb
    • despoil verb
    • reave verb

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Related Definitions for "despoil":

  1. destroy and strip of its possession1
  2. steal goods; take as spoils1