DESPOILATION Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word despoilation. (close relations)
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| desolate | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • providing no shelter or sustenance • crushed by grief verb • leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch • reduce in population • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | ||||||
| destroy | verbv | |||||
verb • do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of • destroy completely; damage irreparably • defeat soundly and humiliatingly • put (an animal) to death | ||||||
| devastate | verbv | |||||
verb • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly • overwhelm or overpower | ||||||
| loot | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • goods or money obtained illegally • informal terms for money verb • take illegally; of intellectual property • steal goods; take as spoils | ||||||
| pillage | verbv | |||||
noun • goods or money obtained illegally • the act of stealing valuable things from a place verb • steal goods; take as spoils | ||||||
| plunder | verbv | |||||
noun • goods or money obtained illegally verb • take illegally; of intellectual property • plunder (a town) after capture • steal goods; take as spoils • destroy and strip of its possession | ||||||
| raid | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a sudden short attack • an attempt by speculators to defraud investors verb • search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on • enter someone else's territory and take spoils • take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock • search for something needed or desired | ||||||
| ransack | verbv | |||||
verb • steal goods; take as spoils • search thoroughly | ||||||
| ravage | verbv | |||||
noun • (usually plural) a destructive action verb • make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | ||||||
| rob | verbv | |||||
verb • take something away by force or without the consent of the owner • rip off; ask an unreasonable price | ||||||
| sack | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases • an enclosed space • the quantity contained in a sack • any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry) • a woman's full loose hiplength jacket • a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily • a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist • the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter • the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) verb • plunder (a town) after capture • terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position • make as a net profit • put in a sack | ||||||
| depredate | verbv | |||||
verb • To ransack or plunder; to prey upon. | ||||||
| despoilment | nounn | |||||
noun • the act of stripping and taking by force | ||||||
| despoliation | nounn | |||||
noun • the act of stripping and taking by force | ||||||
| spoil | verbv | |||||
noun • (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war) • the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it • the act of stripping and taking by force verb • make a mess of, destroy or ruin • become unfit for consumption or use • alter from the original • treat with excessive indulgence • hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of • have a strong desire or urge to do something • destroy and strip of its possession • make imperfect | ||||||
| spoilation | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • the act of stripping and taking by force | ||||||
| spoliation | nounn | |||||
noun • (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence • the act of stripping and taking by force | ||||||
