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Definition of despoil verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

despoil

verb

NAmE//dɪˈspɔɪl//

despoil something (of something) (literary)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they despoil

he / she / it despoils

past simple despoiled

-ing form despoiling

to steal something valuable from a place; to make a place less attractive by damaging or destroying it synonym plunder

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