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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
spoil \spoil\ spoil, v. t. imp.  p. p. spoiled spoild or
   spoilt spoilt; p. pr.  vb. n. spoiling. f. spolier,
   of. espoillier, fr. l. spoliare, fr. spolium spoil. cf.
   despoil, spoliation.
   1. to plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; --
      with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil
      one of his goods or possessions. "ye shall spoil the
      egyptians." --ex. iii. 22.
      1913 webster

            my sons their old, unhappy sire despise,
            spoiled of his kingdom, and deprived of eyes.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. to seize by violence; to take by force; to plunder.
      1913 webster

            no man can enter into a strong man's house, and
            spoil his goods, except he will first bind the
            strong man.                           --mark iii.
                                                  27.
      1913 webster

   3. to cause to decay and perish; to corrupt; to vitiate; to
      mar.
      1913 webster

            spiritual pride spoils many graces.   --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

   4. to render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin;
      to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled
      by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.
      1913 webster
see also:
spoiled spoilt spoiling despoil spoliation 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
spoil
     n 1: usually plural valuables taken by violence especially in
          war; "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"
     2: the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her
        spoiling my dress was deliberate" syn: spoiling, spoilage
     3: the act of stripping and taking by force syn: spoliation,
         spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation
     v 1: 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" syn: botch,
           bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
           screw up, ball up, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix,
           bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle,
           louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
     2: become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten
        before it spoils" syn: go bad
     3: alter from the original syn: corrupt
     4: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
        the children"; "let's not mollycoddle our students" syn:
         pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle,
         mollycoddle, indulge
     5: hinder or prevent the efforts, plans, or desires of; "what
        ultimately frustrated every challenger was ruth's amazing
        september surge"; "foil your opponent" syn: thwart, queer,
         scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
     6: have a strong desire or urge to do something; "she is
        itching to start the project"; "he is spoiling for a
        fight" syn: itch
     7: destroy and strip of its possession; "the soldiers raped the
        beautiful country" syn: rape, despoil, violate, plunder
     8: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" syn: mar, impair,
         deflower, vitiate
     also: spoilt
see also:
spoiling spoilage spoliation spoilation despoilation despoilment 
despoliation botch bumble fumble botch up 
muff blow flub screw up ball up 
muck up bungle fluff bollix bollix up 
bollocks bollocks up bobble mishandle louse up 
foul up mess up fuck up go bad corrupt 
pamper featherbed cosset cocker baby 
coddle mollycoddle indulge thwart queer 
scotch foil cross frustrate baffle 
bilk itch rape despoil violate 
plunder mar impair deflower vitiate 
spoilt 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
spoilt
     adj 1: having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or
            oversolicitous attention; "a spoiled child" syn: spoiled
     2: of foodstuffs not in an edible or usable condition; "bad
        meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food" syn: bad, spoiled
     3: affected by blight--anything that mars or events growth or
        prosperity; "a blighted rose"; "blighted urtan districts"
        syn: blighted
see also:
spoiled bad blighted 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
spoilt
     see spoil
see also:
spoil 

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