spoil
verb (used with object)
to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: Drought spoiled the corn crop.
have spoilt
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present perfectof spoil.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Subhash Kharpade, a member of the village council in Shivpada, says that local rumors about deaths from the vaccine "have spoilt everything."
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2022
It's one of many changes brought from outside that have spoilt the life of the people here, Mamaruru says.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2013
I beg your pardon, Tilly, if I have spoilt your life, if I have shattered your life.
From Dr. Adriaan by Louis Couperus
For I thought I saw a philosophical or metaphysical dissertation preparing in Herr von Walden's bent brows and general look of absorption, and somehow, just then, it would have spoilt it all.
From Four Ghost Stories by Mrs. Molesworth
The huge Nantlle slate quarries on the north side of it have spoilt some very pretty scenery and some very pretty climbs.
From Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland by H. C. Hart
