despoil

verb

/dɪˈspɔɪl/

(literary)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they despoil	/dɪˈspɔɪl/ /dɪˈspɔɪl/
he / she / it despoils	/dɪˈspɔɪlz/ /dɪˈspɔɪlz/
past simple despoiled	/dɪˈspɔɪld/ /dɪˈspɔɪld/
past participle despoiled	/dɪˈspɔɪld/ /dɪˈspɔɪld/
-ing form despoiling	/dɪˈspɔɪlɪŋ/ /dɪˈspɔɪlɪŋ/

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despoil something (of something) to steal something valuable from a place; to make a place less attractive by damaging or destroying it抢劫；掠夺；蹂躏；破坏 synonym plunderTopics Crime and punishmentc2
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French despoillier, from Latin despoliare ‘rob, plunder’ (from spolia ‘spoil’).

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