despoil
verb (used with object)
to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
despoils
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present tense formof despoil (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Unfortunately, your visit to Glacier NP was an example of exactly the kind of behavior that despoils and degrades our parks and wildernesses.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2016
There are many benefits of not selling water in disposable bottles in national parks, including reducing trash at parks, carbon emissions and the litter that despoils our parks, landscape and waterways.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2015
Roger is jealous when Jane flirts with Manishewitz Jr.—“I thought you liked the crabs rangoon here!”—and despoils her new, Roger-free apartment accordingly.
From Slate ● May 14, 2012
Stinking garbage and human excrement despoils Thailand's majestic River of Kings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Save his plough-beam naught he judgeth, None he angereth, or grudgeth, Strives with none, takes none in toils, Crushes none and none despoils; Overbeareth not, though strong, Doth not even a little wrong.
From A Celtic Psaltery by Alfred Perceval Graves
