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Despoil
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Meaning
Verb
●
To
plunder
; to
pillage
; take
spoil
from.
●
To
violently
strip
(someone), with
indirect object
of their
possessions
etc.; to rob.
●
To
strip
(someone) of their
clothes
; to undress.
Noun
●
Plunder; spoliation.
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Wiktionary
Origin
despoil
English
despoiller
French
despolio
Latin
spolio
Latin
spolium
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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Plunder
Defile
Ravage
Pillage
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Enslave
Ransack
Overpopulate
Irradiate
Rhymes
Oil
Roil
Coil
Toil
Boil
Foil
Soil
Moil
Moel
Broil
Boyle
Spoil
Thoil
Hoyle
Choil
Moile
Recoil
Assoil
Despoil
Embroil
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