spoil | English to English Dictionary

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spoil

(sp//Oi//l )

(usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)(noun.possession)

Example:
To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy.

source: wordnet30
the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it(noun.act)

Example:
Her spoiling my dress was deliberate.

Synonym:
spoilage, spoiling

source: wordnet30
the act of stripping and taking by force(noun.act)

Synonym:
despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoilation, spoliation

source: wordnet30
That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.(noun)

source: webster1913

make a mess of, destroy or ruin(verb.social)

Synonym:
ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle

source: wordnet30
become unfit for consumption or use(verb.change)

Example:
The meat must be eaten before it spoils.

Synonym:
go bad

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alter from the original(verb.change)

Synonym:
corrupt

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treat with excessive indulgence(verb.social)

Synonym:
baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper

source: wordnet30
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of(verb.social)

Synonym:
baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, thwart

source: wordnet30
have a strong desire or urge to do something(verb.emotion)

Example:
He is spoiling for a fight.

Synonym:
itch

source: wordnet30
destroy and strip of its possession(verb.contact)

Synonym:
despoil, plunder, rape, violate

source: wordnet30
make imperfect(verb.change)

Synonym:
deflower, impair, mar, vitiate

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To practice plunder or robbery.(verb)

source: webster1913