despoil

despoil
Synonyms and related words:
abuse, adulterate, afflict, aggrieve, alloy, befoul, betray, bewitch, bleed, bleed white, blight, bring to ruin, canker, cheapen, coarsen, condemn, confound, consume, contaminate, corrupt, crucify, curse, damage, damn, deal destruction, debase, debauch, deceive, decimate, defile, deflower, degenerate, degrade, denature, denude, deplume, deprave, depredate, desecrate, desolate, destroy, devalue, devastate, devour, disadvantage, displume, disserve, dissolve, distort, distress, divest, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, drain, dry, engorge, envenom, exhaust, flay, fleece, forage, foray, force, freeboot, get into trouble, gobble, gobble up, gut, gut with fire, harass, harm, havoc, hex, hurt, impair, impoverish, incinerate, infect, injure, jinx, lay in ruins, lay waste, lead astray, loot, maltreat, maraud, menace, milk, mislead, mistreat, misuse, molest, outrage, persecute, pervert, pick clean, pillage, play havoc with, play hob with, pluck, plunder, poison, pollute, prejudice, prey on, prostitute, raid, ransack, rape, ravage, raven, ravish, reive, rifle, ruin, ruinate, sack, savage, scathe, seduce, shear, shipwreck, skin, soil, spoil, spoliate, strip, strip bare, suck dry, sully, swallow up, sweep, taint, threaten, throw into disorder, torment, torture, twist, ulcerate, unleash destruction, unleash the hurricane, upheave, vandalize, vaporize, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, waste, wound, wrack, wreak havoc, wreak havoc on, wreck, wrong

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  • despoil — c.1300, from O.Fr. despoillier (12c., Mod.Fr. dépouiller) to strip, rob, deprive of, steal, borrow, from L. despoliare to rob, despoil, plunder, from de entirely (see DE (Cf. de )) + spoliare to strip of clothing, rob, from spolium armor, booty… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Despoil — De*spoil , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Despoiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Despoiling}.] [OF. despoiller, F. d[ e]pouiller, L. despoliare, despoliatum; de + spoliare to strip, rob, spolium spoil, booty. Cf. {Spoil}, {Despoliation}.] 1. To strip, as of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • despoil — de*spoil , n. Spoil. [Obs.] Wolsey. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • despoil — I verb assail, attack, bereave, consume, denude, deplume, depredate, deprive, desolate, devastate, devour, dispossess, divest, forage, foray, impoverish, invade, lay waste, leave destitute, loot, make off with, maraud, overrun, pilfer, pillage,… …   Law dictionary

  • despoil — *ravage, devastate, waste, sack, pillage, spoliate Analogous words: plunder, *rob, rifle, loot: *strip, bare, denude …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • despoil — [v] ravage, destroy denude, depopulate, depredate, deprive, desecrate, desolate, devastate, devour, dispossess, divest, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, raid, rifle, rob, sack, spoil, spoliate, strip, vandalize, waste, wreak havoc, wreck; concept… …   New thesaurus

  • despoil — ► VERB literary ▪ steal valuable possessions from. DERIVATIVES despoiler noun despoliation noun. ORIGIN Latin despoliare rob, plunder …   English terms dictionary

  • despoil — [dē spoil′, dispoil′] vt. [ME despoilen < OFr despoiller < L despoliare < de , intens. + spoliare, to strip, rob: see SPOIL] to deprive of something of value by or as by force; rob; plunder SYN. RAVAGE despoiler n. despoilment n …   English World dictionary

  • despoil — v. (formal) (D; tr.) to despoil of * * * [dɪ spɔɪl] (formal) (D; tr.) to despoil of …   Combinatory dictionary

  • despoil — UK [dɪˈspɔɪl] / US verb [transitive] Word forms despoil : present tense I/you/we/they despoil he/she/it despoils present participle despoiling past tense despoiled past participle despoiled literary to take all the valuable or beautiful objects… …   English dictionary

  • despoil — [[t]dɪspɔ͟ɪl[/t]] despoils, despoiling, despoiled VERB To despoil a place means to make it less attractive, valuable, or important by taking things away from it or by destroying it. [FORMAL] [V n] People picking mushrooms are sometimes stopped by …   English dictionary

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