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Synonyms for despoil
dɪˈspɔɪl

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray(verb)

    steal goods; take as spoils

    "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

    Synonyms:
    foray, comb, disrobe, spoil, clean, discase, leach, rape, divest, violate, sack, dismantle, strip, unclothe, undress, reave, rifle, denude, uncase, denudate, strip down, go, ransack, loot, deprive, peel, plunder, bare, pillage, disinvest

  2. rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder(verb)

    destroy and strip of its possession

    "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"

    Synonyms:
    baffle, pamper, frustrate, scotch, botch, foray, bilk, dishonour, itch, bungle, rifle, ravish, muck up, dishonor, mishandle, bumble, plunder, botch up, foil, blow, go bad, screw up, pillage, transgress, fumble, vitiate, flub, rape, baby, impair, ball up, featherbed, bollocks up, loot, break, desecrate, bodge, mess up, sack, deflower, offend, thwart, louse up, breach, go against, mar, indulge, spoil, muff, violate, infract, strip, outrage, cocker, foul up, ransack, cross, fluff, assault, mollycoddle, bobble, profane, reave, coddle, bollix up, cosset, bollix, corrupt, bollocks

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms

  1. despoil

    Synonyms:
    strip, denude, ravage, devastate, rob, havoc, spoliate

    Antonyms:
    decorate, adorn, embellish, enrich, reinstate, rehabilitate

Dictionary of English Synonymes

  1. despoil(v. a.)

    Synonyms:
    strip, divest, deprive

  2. despoil(v. a.)

    Synonyms:
    rob, plunder, pillage, fleece

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  1. despoil

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How to use despoil in a sentence?

  1. Francis Cardinal George, OMI:

    To despoil oneself of all wealth in Jesus’ name is a sign of faith in Divine Providence.

Translations for despoil

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  • плячкосвам, грабя, ограбвамBulgarian

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