Synonyms for despoil
dɪˈspɔɪlde·spoil

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1. despoil

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

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

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1. plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, forayverb

   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, plunderverb

   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

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1. despoilverb

   Synonyms:
   strip, divest, deprive

2. despoilverb

   Synonyms:
   rob, plunder, pillage, fleece

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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.