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   spoil

   /spɔɪl/

   verb

   • 1. diminish or destroy the value or quality of: "I wouldn't want to spoil your fun" Similar mardamageimpairblemishdisfigureblightflawdefacescarinjureharmruindestroywreckbe a blot on the landscaperare:disfeatureOpposite improveenhance
   • ▪ prevent someone from enjoying (an occasion or event): "she was afraid of spoiling Christmas for the rest of the family" Similar ruinwreckdestroyupsetundomess upmake a mess ofdashsabotagescupperscotchtorpedoblastvitiatecast a shadow overcast a pall overclouddarkentake the shine offput a damper ontake the enjoyment/pleasure out oftake the edge offupset someone's apple cartcook someone's gooseinformal:foul uplouse upmuck upqueerscrew upput the kibosh onbanjaxblow a hole indo fornixcock updishmullerqueer someone's pitchthrow a spanner in the works ofrain on someone's paradethrow a monkey wrench in the works ofcrueleuchrevulgar slang:fuck upbugger upballs uparchaic:bring to naughtOpposite furtherhelpenhance
   • ▪ mark (a ballot paper) incorrectly so as to make one's vote invalid, especially as a gesture of protest: British "the group called on its supporters to spoil their papers"
   • ▪ (of food) become unfit for eating: "I've got some ham that'll spoil if we don't eat it tonight" Similar go badgo offgo rancidturngo soursourgo mouldymoulderbecome addledcurdlebecome rottenrotperishdecomposedecayputrefyOpposite keep
   • 2. harm the character of (someone, especially a child) by being too lenient or indulgent: "the last thing I want to do is spoil Thomas" Similar overindulgepamperindulgemollycoddlecossetcoddlebabyspoon-feedwait on hand and footcater to someone's every whimoverparentkill with kindnessnannynursemaiddote onwrap in cotton woolfeather-bedarchaic:cockerOpposite neglecttreat harshlybe strict with
   • ▪ treat with great or excessive kindness, consideration, or generosity: "breakfast in bed—you're spoiling me!"
   • 3. be extremely or aggressively eager for: "Cooper was spoiling for a fight"
   • 4. rob (a person or a place) of goods or possessions by force or violence: archaic "the enemy entered into Hereford, spoiled and fired the city, and razed the walls to the ground"

   noun

   • 1. goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place: "the looters carried their spoils away"
   • 2. waste material brought up during the course of an excavation or a dredging or mining operation: "colliery spoil"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘to plunder’): shortening of Old French espoille (noun), espoillier (verb), from Latin spoliare, from spolium ‘plunder, skin stripped from an animal’, or a shortening of despoil.

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   2 days ago · Definitions of spoiling. noun. the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it. synonyms: spoil, spoilage. see more. noun. the process of becoming spoiled. synonyms: spoilage. see more.

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   4 days ago · In politics, a spoils system is a practice of an election winner giving government jobs to supporters, friends, and family members. Throughout most of the 1880s, the U.S. spoils system ensured that political supporters and donors got the best high-level jobs in new presidential administrations.

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   20 hours ago · Food spoilage is any undesirable change in food. Most natural foods have a limited life: for example, fish, meat, milk and bread are perishable foods, which means they have a short storage life and they easily spoil. Other foods also decompose eventually, even though they keep for a considerably longer time.

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   5 days ago · A food can be considered spoiled when it is no longer edible or acceptable to consumers or does not meet the quality characteristics that its producer or manufacturer deems optimum. Foods spoil as a result of both natural biochemical changes and changes caused by microorganism growth and metabolism.

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   3 days ago · Sky News looks at why and how voters spoil their ballots - and what happens next. If someone does not want to back any candidate, then why do they go to the effort of visiting a polling station or ...

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   4 days ago · Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Define Kitchen Cabinet., Define spoils system, Define majority and more.

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   1 day ago · By Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. On October 5, 2023, Omar and Abdul, two Hamas gunmen, sat on green cots in a bunker buried 40 feet below a daycare center. They sat waiting for orders and ...