spoil
Nouns
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(n) (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)
- to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy
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(n) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
- her spoiling my dress was deliberate
- (n) the act of stripping and taking by force despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoilation, spoliation,
Verbs
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(v) make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
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(v) become unfit for consumption or use
- the meat must be eaten before it spoils
- (v) alter from the original corrupt,
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(v) treat with excessive indulgence
- grandparents often pamper the children
- Let's not mollycoddle our students!
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(v) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
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(v) have a strong desire or urge to do something
- She is itching to start the project
- He is spoiling for a fight
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(v) destroy and strip of its possession
- The soldiers raped the beautiful country
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(v) make imperfect
- nothing marred her beauty