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spoliate

[spoh-lee-eyt] / ˈspoʊ liˌeɪt /

VERB

plunder, rob, or ruin

Synonyms

WEAK

demolish depredate desecrate desolate despoil destroy devastate devour fleece gut lay waste loot maraud pillage plunder ransack rape ravage rifle rob ruin spoil strip waste wreak havoc wreak havoc on

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Spoliate, spō′li-āt, v.t. to spoil, to plunder, to pillage.—v.i. to practise robbery.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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