Despoil

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To sack; plunder.
  • v. To deprive of something valuable by force; rob: a region despoiled of its scenic beauty by unchecked development.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To deprive for spoil; to take spoil from; to plunder; to rob; to pillage.
  • v. To violently strip (someone), with indirect object of their possessions etc.; to rob.
  • v. To strip (someone) of their clothes; to undress.
  • n. Plunder; spoliation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.
  • v. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.
  • n. Spoil.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To spoliate; take spoil from; strip of possessions; pillage: as, the army despoiled the enemy's country.
  • To deprive by spoliation; strip by force; plunder; bereave: with of: as, to despoil one of his goods or of honors.
  • To strip; divest; undress: used absolutely or with of.
  • n. Spoil; plunder; spoliation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. steal goods; take as spoils
  • v. destroy and strip of its possession
  • Verb Form
    despoiled    despoiling    despoils   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    destroy    ruin   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rob    bereave    deprive    rifle    strip    plunder    pillage    divest    spoil