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spoilnoun valuables stolen or taken by forcethe bandits escaped with their lives but not with the spoils booty, loot, pillage, plunder, swag prizecatch, haul, take, treasurepilferagewindfall to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirabletoo much coddling will spoil the child blemish, darken, mar, poison, stain, taint, tarnish, touch, vitiate begrime, besmear, besmirch, blacken, blur, cloud, dirty, discolor, pollute, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, soil, sully, tarabase, cheapen, debase, degrade, demean, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, foul, lower, shame, sinkbastardize, corrupt, debauch, demoralize, deprave, pervert, subvertcolor, distort, twist cleanse, purifydignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, glorify, hallow, magnify, uplift to go through decompositionthe meat has spoiled break down, corrupt, decay, decompose, disintegrate, fester, foul, mold, molder, perish(chiefly British), putrefy, rot sour, turn, turn off(British)contaminate, defile, pollute, taintaddle, curdle, fermentmortifyrustcrumble, decline, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, dilapidate, sink, wither fall apart, go to seed(or run to seed) age, develop, grow, mature, ripenrefresh, renew, restorecleanse, purifyassemble, compose, integrateameliorate, better, improve, meliorate to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection ofknow when to stop, for an unnecessary brushstroke can spoil a painted portrait blemish, bloody, break, compromise, crab, cripple, cross (up), damage, deface, disfigure, endamage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, vitiate deteriorate, enervate, enfeeble, undermine, weakenerode, scour, wash out, wear (away)blight, tarnishdent, ding, dintbotch, gum (up), queerlacerate, wounddisable, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, torment, tortureannihilate, bang up, bash, batter, clobber, crush, dash, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, pulverize, raze, ruin, scourge, shatter, smash, tear down, total, waste, wipe out, wreck doctor, fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, revamp cure, heal, help, rectify, rehabilitate, remedyedit, remodel, reviseameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect, refine to treat with great or excessive carewhen they were newlyweds, the wife tended to spoil her husband, but she soon got over that baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, dandle, indulge, mollycoddle, nurse, pamper, wet-nurse cater (to), humorcontent, delight, gladden, gratify, mother, oblige, please, satisfyappease, mollify, pacify, placate, soothe abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, manhandle, mishandle, mistreat, misuse control, discipline, restrainoppressneglect, overlook, slightmolest, outrage, violateharass, harm, hurt, injure, oppress, persecute, torment, torture, victimize n.spoil, plunder, booty, prize, loot mean something taken from another by force or craft.spoil, more commonly spoils, applies to what belongs by right or custom to the victor in war or political contest.the spoils of political victory plunder applies to what is taken not only in war but in robbery, banditry, grafting, or swindling.a bootlegger's plunder booty implies plunder to be shared among confederates.thieves dividing up their booty prize applies to spoils captured on the high seas or territorial waters of the enemy.the wartime right of seizing prizes at sea loot applies especially to what is taken from victims of a catastrophe.picked through the ruins for loot v.decay, decompose, rot, putrefy, spoil mean to undergo destructive dissolution.decay implies a slow change from a state of soundness or perfection.a decaying mansion decompose stresses a breaking down by chemical change and when applied to organic matter a corruption.the strong odor of decomposing vegetation rot is a close synonym of decompose and often connotes foulness.fruit was left to rot in warehouses putrefy implies the rotting of animal matter and offensiveness to sight and smell.corpses putrefying on the battlefield spoil applies chiefly to the decomposition of foods.keep the ham from spoiling in the 14th century |