despoil in English dictionary

  • despoil

    Meanings and definitions of "despoil"

    • (transitive) To deprive for spoil; to take spoil from; to plunder; to rob; to pillage.
    • (transitive) To violently strip (someone), with indirect object of their possessions etc.; to rob.
    • (obsolete, transitive or reflexive) To strip (someone) of their clothes; to undress.
    • (obsolete) Plunder; spoliation.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      Plunder; spoliation.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To deprive for spoil; to take spoil from; to plunder; to rob; to pillage.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To violently strip (someone), with indirect object of their possessions etc.; to rob.
    • verb
      (obsolete, transitive or reflexive)
      To strip (someone) of their clothes; to undress.
    • To deprive of something valuable by force.
    • 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"

    Synonyms of "despoil" in English dictionary

    foray, violate, reave are the top synonyms of "despoil" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of despoil

    • despoil ( third-person singular simple present despoils, present participle despoiling, simple past and past participle despoiled)
    • despoil (plural despoils)
    • despoil (third-person singular simple present despoils, present participle despoiling, simple past and past participle despoiled)

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