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Definition of Despoil
1. Verb. Steal goods; take as spoils. "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
Generic synonyms: Take
Specialized synonyms: Deplume, Displume
Derivative terms: Despoiler, Despoilment, Despoliation, Loot, Looter, Looting, Pillage, Pillager, Pillaging, Plunder, Plunderer, Plundering
2. Verb. Destroy and strip of its possession. "They want to despoil the prisoners "; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
Generic synonyms: Destroy, Ruin
Derivative terms: Despoilment, Despoliation, Plundering, Rape, Spoil, Spoil, Spoilation, Spoliation
Definition of Despoil
1. v. t. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.
2. n. Spoil.
Definition of Despoil
1. to plunder [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: plunder
Medical Definition of Despoil
1. 1. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe. 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." (Gower) "A law which restored to them an immense domain of which they had been despoiled." (Macaulay) "Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss." (Milton) Synonym: To strip, deprive, rob, bereave, rifle. Origin: OF. Despoiller, F. Depouiller, L. Despoliare, despoliatum; de- + spoliare to strip, rob, spolium spoil, booty. Cf. Spoil, Despoliation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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