Main entry: despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoilation, spoliation
Definition: the act of stripping and taking by force
Main entry: spoil, spoilage, spoiling
Definition: the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
Usage: her spoiling my dress was deliberate
Main entry: spoil
Definition: (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)
Usage: to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy
Definition: alter from the original
Definition: become unfit for consumption or use
Usage: the meat must be eaten before it spoils
Main entry: deflower, impair, vitiate, mar, spoil
Definition: make imperfect
Usage: nothing marred her beauty
Main entry: despoil, spoil, plunder, rape, violate
Definition: destroy and strip of its possession
Usage: The soldiers raped the beautiful country
Definition: have a strong desire or urge to do something
Usage: She is itching to start the project; He is spoiling for a fight
Main entry: flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, ball up, spoil, screw up, mishandle, muck up, muff, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle
Definition: make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Usage: I botched the dinner and we had to eat out; the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
Main entry: spoil, scotch, queer, thwart, bilk, baffle, foil, frustrate, cross
Definition: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Usage: What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge; foil your opponent
Main entry: indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, featherbed, spoil, cosset, cocker, coddle, baby
Definition: treat with excessive indulgence
Usage: grandparents often pamper the children; Let's not mollycoddle our students!