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- DictionaryDe·spoil/dəˈspoil/
verb
- 1. steal or violently remove valuable or attractive possessions from; plunder: "the church was despoiled of its marble wall covering"
The meaning of DESPOIL is to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage. How to use despoil in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Despoil.
DESPOIL definition: 1. to make a place less attractive especially by taking things away from it by force: 2. to make a…. Learn more.
Despoil is to spoil, only worse. You may spoil a dinner party by being late, but we all despoil the earth with pollution and over-consumption.
DESPOIL meaning: 1. to make a place less attractive especially by taking things away from it by force: 2. to make a…. Learn more.
Despoil definition: to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.. See examples of DESPOIL used in a sentence.
1. To deprive of something valuable, especially by force; rob: The invaders despoiled the town of its art treasures. He was despoiled of his inheritance by crooked lawyers. 2. To ruin, especially by destroying or removing what is valuable: "a landscape that had been raped and despoiled by coal mining" (George Black).
Definition of despoil verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To despoil a place means to make it less attractive, valuable, or important by taking things away from it or by destroying it.
Time was precious; he therefore hastened to despoil his victim, in whose vestments he clothed himself.
Despoil definition: To deprive of something valuable, especially by force; rob.
