despoil
verb (used with object)
to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
were despoiling
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past progressiveof despoil.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He joined the police in 1982 to fight the polluters who were despoiling the green landscapes and the reservoirs he had fished as a boy.
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