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spoliate

[ spoh-lee-eyt ]
/ ˈspoʊ liˌeɪt /
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verb (used with or without object), spo·li·at·ed, spo·li·at·ing.

to plunder, rob, or ruin.

RELATED WORDS

demolish, depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, devour, fleece, gut, havoc, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, ransack, rape, ravage, rifle, rob

Nearby words

  1. spokesmodel,
  2. spokesperson,
  3. spokeswoman,
  4. spokewise,
  5. spolia opima,
  6. spoliation,
  7. spondaic,
  8. spondee,
  9. spondulicks,
  10. spondulix

Origin of spoliate

1715–25; < Latin spoliātus, past participle of spoliāre to spoil. See spoil, -ate1
Related formsspo·li·a·tor, noun
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spoliate

/ (ˈspəʊlɪˌeɪt) /

verb

a less common word for despoil
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