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verb
- 1. steal or violently remove valuable possessions from; plunder: "the church was despoiled of its marble wall covering" Similar
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DESPOIL definition: 1. to make a place less attractive especially by taking things away from it by force: 2. to make a…. Learn more.
The meaning of DESPOIL is to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage. How to use despoil in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Despoil.
DESPOIL meaning: 1. to make a place less attractive especially by taking things away from it by force: 2. to make a…. Learn more.
Despoil is to spoil, only worse. You may spoil a dinner party by being late, but we all despoil the earth with pollution and over-consumption. The Latin root of despoil meant "to strip or rob" and although despoil is used more broadly now, it has that sense within it.
Despoil definition: to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.. See examples of DESPOIL used in a sentence.
Definition of despoil verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To despoil a place means to make it less attractive, valuable, or important by taking things away from it or by destroying it.