Search Result:despoil
KK Pronunciation
〔 dIˋspɒIl 〕
Pronunciation
〔 diˊspɒil 〕
Overview of verb despoil
The verb despoil has 2 senses
- plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray -- (steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners")
- rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder -- (destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country")