English dictionary
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English verb: despoil | |||
| 1. | despoil (possession) steal goods; take as spoils | ||
| Samples | During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners. | ||
| Synonyms | foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | take | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deplume, displume | ||
| 2. | despoil (contact) destroy and strip of its possession | ||
| Samples | The soldiers raped the beautiful country. | ||
| Synonyms | plunder, rape, spoil, violate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | destroy, ruin | ||
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