Definition of spoil

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Spoil (v. i.) To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather..

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De- :: De- () A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc..
Spoliation :: Spoliate (v. t.) To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob.
Plunder :: Plunder (n.) That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud..
Spoil :: Spoil (v. t.) To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession..
Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase..
Spoilsman :: Spoilsmen (pl. ) of Spoilsma.
Despoiler :: Despoiler (n.) One who despoils.
Stick-lac :: Stickit (a.) Stuck; spoiled in making.
Spoil :: Spoil (v. t.) To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.
Foray :: Foray (n.) A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid..
Pillage :: Pillage (n.) That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty..
Mammothrept :: Mammothrept (n.) A child brought up by its grandmother; a spoiled child.
Plunder :: Plunder (v. t.) To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers..
Murder :: Murder (n.) To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English..
Spoiler :: Spoiler (n.) One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.
Fagend :: Fagend (n.) An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as the coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a rope, ect..
Ravage :: Ravage (n.) To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
Spoil :: Spoil (n.) That which is gained by strength or effort.
Depredator :: Depredator (n.) One who plunders or pillages; a spoiler; a robber.
Blend :: Blend (v. t.) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
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