de·spoil /dɪˈspɔɪ(ə)l/
(vt.)奪取,掠奪
De·spoil v. t. [imp. & p. p. Despoiled p. pr. & vb. n. Despoiling.]
1. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe. [Obs.]
2. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.
The clothed earth is then bare,
Despoiled is the summer fair. --Gower.
A law which restored to them an immense domain of which they had been despoiled. --Macaulay.
Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss. --Milton.
Syn: -- To strip; deprive; rob; bereave; rifle.
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de·spoil, n. Spoil. [Obs.]
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despoil
v 1: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people
looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
[syn: plunder, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack,
pillage, foray]
2: destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the
beautiful country" [syn: rape, spoil, violate, plunder]