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Definition of despoil in English: despoilverb dɪˈspɔɪldəˈspɔɪl [with object]Steal or violently remove valuable possessions from; plunder. 偷窃；抢走（贵重财产）；抢劫 the church was despoiled of its marble wall covering 教堂大理石墙面被盗。 Example sentencesExamples - When I spotted a deer on a hike, I took it as a sort of assurance that not everything has been despoiled and that the natural order remains at least somewhat intact.
- These atrocities are despoiling our people and our paradise as hope dwindles.
- A massive expansion of wind power involving thousands of new turbines will go ahead despite increasingly bitter wrangling over claims that they are despoiling Britain's countryside.
- If humankind was able, finally, to make industrial progress without the factory conditions of the 19th Century; surely we have the wit and will to develop economically without despoiling the very environment we depend upon.
- A caricature of greatness despoils the memory.
- This is not a charter for despoiling the countryside.
- If you despoil a whole town, if you wreck the environment for thousands of people, somebody's going to describe you as an entrepreneurial genius.
- They claim it despoils the environment and denies human rights.
- Plastic and organic waste clogs rivers, despoils the environment and fouls the seas.
- Many have reverted to despoiling the nearest remaining forest for firewood.
- By our greed, we had despoiled the environment and were consuming a disproportionate share of the world's wealth and resources.
- Having huge 63 foot high telecommunications poles despoiling our environment is not acceptable to residents.
- The facade is vandalised - not a single pane of glass remains and graffiti despoils the faience tiling - and also has extensive vegetation sprouting from the most unlikely places.
- We face a planet that is despoiled and impoverished.
- The pollution caused by these companies despoils the environment for local communities, and some pollutants put wildlife and human health at risk.
- Since arriving back, he said he seen numerous examples of beauty spots being despoiled.
- Their place in the world has been stolen; they've been despoiled of their work and their land.
- And at the same time as risking their lives, the youngsters are despoiling one of the area's beloved landscape features.
- Some of the country's finest beaches are despoiled during the summer, with discarded nappies, bottles, crisp packets and even animal carcases.
- However, lack of law enforcement in the area is leading to both visitors and investors despoiling the pristine area.
Synonyms plunder, pillage, rob, ravage, harry, maraud, ravish, rape, raid, ransack, loot, sack, rifle devastate, lay waste, wreak havoc on, vandalize, destroy, ruin, wreck, raze, level, annihilate, gut rare depredate archaic reave rob, strip, deprive, dispossess, denude, divest, relieve, clean out archaic reave
Derivativesnoun dɪˈspɔɪlədəˈspɔɪlər But the challenge will be to bring the urban voter in particular, along with us, so that they realise that various popular images they might have, be it of the noble farmer or be it of the farmer as an environmental despoiler are wrong. Example sentencesExamples - Radical environmentalists sidestep the question by declaring the despoilers of wilderness the ‘real terrorists.’
- The prelate indicated that even his own guileless grandchildren may become despoilers of the planet unless today's adults act responsibly.
- The city is being given to the despoilers, speculators, land mafia and vandals.
- I feel badly let down by the council who should be the guardians of an important conservation area, not its despoiler.
noun How could it defend itself against further despoilment by foreigners? Example sentencesExamples - Historically, the kind of drastic accumulation I encountered is a brand-new kind of despoilment.
- It investigates zoning, despoilment, natural resources, federal, state and local policy and all manner of important issues relating to the fragile ecosystem of Hawaii, and the world.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French despoillier, from Latin despoliare 'rob, plunder' (from spolia 'spoil'). Definition of despoil in US English: despoilverbdəˈspɔɪldəˈspoil [with object]Steal or violently remove valuable or attractive possessions from; plunder. 偷窃；抢走（贵重财产）；抢劫 the church was despoiled of its marble wall covering 教堂大理石墙面被盗。 Example sentencesExamples - When I spotted a deer on a hike, I took it as a sort of assurance that not everything has been despoiled and that the natural order remains at least somewhat intact.
- They claim it despoils the environment and denies human rights.
- We face a planet that is despoiled and impoverished.
- A massive expansion of wind power involving thousands of new turbines will go ahead despite increasingly bitter wrangling over claims that they are despoiling Britain's countryside.
- Their place in the world has been stolen; they've been despoiled of their work and their land.
- A caricature of greatness despoils the memory.
- Plastic and organic waste clogs rivers, despoils the environment and fouls the seas.
- The facade is vandalised - not a single pane of glass remains and graffiti despoils the faience tiling - and also has extensive vegetation sprouting from the most unlikely places.
- And at the same time as risking their lives, the youngsters are despoiling one of the area's beloved landscape features.
- Having huge 63 foot high telecommunications poles despoiling our environment is not acceptable to residents.
- However, lack of law enforcement in the area is leading to both visitors and investors despoiling the pristine area.
- Some of the country's finest beaches are despoiled during the summer, with discarded nappies, bottles, crisp packets and even animal carcases.
- If you despoil a whole town, if you wreck the environment for thousands of people, somebody's going to describe you as an entrepreneurial genius.
- The pollution caused by these companies despoils the environment for local communities, and some pollutants put wildlife and human health at risk.
- Many have reverted to despoiling the nearest remaining forest for firewood.
- By our greed, we had despoiled the environment and were consuming a disproportionate share of the world's wealth and resources.
- If humankind was able, finally, to make industrial progress without the factory conditions of the 19th Century; surely we have the wit and will to develop economically without despoiling the very environment we depend upon.
- These atrocities are despoiling our people and our paradise as hope dwindles.
- This is not a charter for despoiling the countryside.
- Since arriving back, he said he seen numerous examples of beauty spots being despoiled.
Synonyms plunder, pillage, rob, ravage, harry, maraud, ravish, rape, raid, ransack, loot, sack, rifle rob, strip, deprive, dispossess, denude, divest, relieve, clean out
OriginMiddle English: from Old French despoillier, from Latin despoliare ‘rob, plunder’ (from spolia ‘spoil’). |