Defenition of the word despoil

• Defenition of the word despoil

  • To deprive of something valuable by force.
  • steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
  • destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
  • destroy and strip of its possession
  • steal goods; take as spoils

Synonyms for the word despoil

• • damage
  • deface
  • defile
  • desecrate
  • foray
  • loot
  • overexploit
  • pillage
  • plunder
  • ransack
  • rape
  • reave
  • rifle
  • ruin
  • spoil
  • strip
  • vandalize
  • violate
  • wreck

Similar words in the despoil

• • despoil
  • despoiled
  • despoiling
  • despoils

Hyponyms for the word despoil

• • deplume
  • displume

Hypernyms for the word despoil

• • destroy
  • ruin
  • take

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