despoil

[de·spoil]

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.

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To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.

Verb
destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"

Verb
steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"


v. t.
To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.

v. t.
To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.

n.
Spoil.


Despoil

De*spoil" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Despoiled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Despoiling.] [OF. despoiller, F. d'82pouiller, L. despoliare, despoliatum; de- + spoliare to strip, rob, spolium spoil, booty. Cf. Spoil, Despoliation.] 1. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.
The clothed earth is then bare, Despoiled is the summer fair.
A law which restored to them an immense domain of which they had been despoiled.
Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss.
Syn. -- To strip; deprive; rob; bereave; rifle.

Despoil

De*spoil", n. Spoil. [Obs.] Wolsey.

To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.

Spoil.

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