Despoil

ahd-5
  • transitive verb. To deprive of something valuable, especially by force; rob.
  • transitive verb. To ruin, especially by destroying or removing what is valuable.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Spoil; plunder; spoliation.
  • To spoliate; take spoil from; strip of possessions; pillage: as, the army despoiled the enemy's country.
  • To deprive by spoliation; strip by force; plunder; bereave: with of: as, to despoil one of his goods or of honors.
  • To strip; divest; undress: used absolutely or with of.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Spoil.
  • transitive verb. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.
  • transitive verb. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To deprive for spoil; to take spoil from; to plunder; to rob; to pillage.
  • verb. To violently strip (someone), with indirect object of their possessions etc.; to rob.
  • verb. To strip (someone) of their clothes; to undress.
  • noun. Plunder; spoliation.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. steal goods; take as spoils
  • verb. destroy and strip of its possession
    • Word Usage
    "Allow no man, under any pretense, to despoil you of your virtue."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    destroy  ruin  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abuse  adulterate  afflict  aggrieve  alloy  
    verb-form
    despoiled  despoiling  despoils  
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