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TOEFL BNC: 33302 COCA: 28620

despoil

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
despoil /dɪˈspojəl/ verb
despoils; despoiled; despoiling
despoil
/dɪˈspojəl/
verb
despoils; despoiled; despoiling
Learner's definition of DESPOIL
[+ object] literary
1 
: to severely damage or ruin (a place)破坏；毁掉；蹂躏
2 
: to forcefully take what is valuable from (a place)掠夺；抢劫

— despoiler

noun, plural despoilers [count]
TOEFL BNC: 33302 COCA: 28620

despoil

verb

de·​spoil di-ˈspȯi(-ə)l How to pronounce despoil (audio)
despoiled; despoiling; despoils

transitive verb

: to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage
despoiler noun
despoilment
di-ˈspȯi(-ə)l-mənt How to pronounce despoil (audio)
noun

Synonyms

Choose the Right Synonym for despoil

ravage, devastate, waste, sack, pillage, despoil mean to lay waste by plundering or destroying.

ravage implies violent often cumulative depredation and destruction.

a hurricane ravaged the coast

devastate implies the complete ruin and desolation of a wide area.

an earthquake devastated the city

waste may imply producing the same result by a slow process rather than sudden and violent action.

years of drought had wasted the area

sack implies carrying off all valuable possessions from a place.

barbarians sacked ancient Rome

pillage implies ruthless plundering at will but without the completeness suggested by sack.

settlements pillaged by Vikings

despoil applies to looting or robbing without suggesting accompanying destruction.

the Nazis despoiled the art museums

Example Sentences

The landscape has been despoiled by industrial development. the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence
Recent Examples on the Web Plastics will continue to despoil the oceans even if all plastic production halts tomorrow. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022 Even a comparative smidgen of methane can despoil the climate. Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2021 The 2008 financial crisis exposed the economic folly and moral bankruptcy of a system that relied on bribing executives with stock options to squeeze workers, bamboozle customers, despoil the environment and dodge taxes. Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2020 Farm Aid, like other companies, has rejected non-organic cotton that requires extensive use of synthetic fertilizers, soil additives, defoliants and other chemicals that despoil the land. Billboard, 21 Sep. 2020 Ms Ellmann mourns ecosystems despoiled by modern humankind. The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019 Here in a primitive wilderness despoiled by European invaders, where black men and women are rounded up, murdered and hanged from trees, a much farther-reaching tragedy comes into startling focus. San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2019 Here in a primitive wilderness despoiled by European invaders, where black men and women are rounded up, murdered and hanged from trees, a much farther-reaching tragedy comes into startling focus. San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2019 Here in a primitive wilderness despoiled by European invaders, where black men and women are rounded up, murdered and hanged from trees, a much farther-reaching tragedy comes into startling focus. San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English despoylen, from Anglo-French despoiller, from Latin despoliare, from de- + spoliare to strip, rob — more at spoil entry 1

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of despoil was in the 14th century
TOEFL BNC: 33302 COCA: 28620

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