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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
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              My sons their old, unhappy sire despise,
              Spoiled of his kingdom, and deprived of eyes.
                                                    --Pope.
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     2. To seize by violence; to take by force; to plunder.
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              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.
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     3. To cause to decay and perish; to corrupt; to vitiate; to
        mar.
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              Spiritual pride spoils many graces.   --Jer. Taylor.
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     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.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Spoil \Spoil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spoiledor Spoilt; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Spoiling.] [F. spolier, OF. espoilelier, 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 possession. ``Ye shall spoil the
        Egyptians.'' --Ex. iii. 22.
  
              My sons their old, unhappy sire despise, Spoiled of
              his kingdom, and deprived of eues.    --Pope.
  
     2. To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.
  
              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.
  
     3. To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to
        mar.
  
              Spiritual pride spoils many graces.   --Jer. Taylor.
  
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  spoiling
       n 1: the process of becoming spoiled [syn: spoilage]
       2: the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her
          spoiling my dress was deliberate" [syn: spoil, spoilage]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  spoiling
     n.
     plunder; pillage
     vb.
     (present participle of en spoil nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  spoiling
     n.
     plunder; pillage
     vb.
     (present participle of en spoil nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  spoiling
     n.
     plunder; pillage
     vb.
     (present participle of en spoil nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  spoiling
     n.
     plunder; pillage
     vb.
     (present participle of en spoil nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  spoiling
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s poil ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  spoiling
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en spoil ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb spoil)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Spoiling /spˈɔɪlɪŋ/
  الإفساد

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  spoiling /spˈɔɪlɪŋ/ 
  kažení