despoil
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
despoils;
despoiled;
despoiling
despoils;
despoiled;
despoiling
Britannica Dictionary definition of DESPOIL
[+ object]
literary
1
:
to severely damage or ruin (a place)
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The landscape has been despoiled by industrial development.
2
:
to forcefully take what is valuable from (a place)
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The invaders despoiled [=plundered] the village.
— despoiler
noun, plural despoilers [count]-
He sees human beings as despoilers of nature.
