what does despoil mean?
DESPOIL as VERB
- Meaning
- destroy and strip of its possession
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- The soldiers raped the beautiful country
Hypernyms(s) despoil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
- Meaning
- steal goods
- take as spoils
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
Hypernyms(s) despoil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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