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Word: Despoil
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French despoillier, from Latin despoliare ‘rob, plunder’ (from spolia ‘spoil’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪˈspɔɪl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
steal or violently remove valuable possessions from; plunder
Short Definition:steal or violently remove valuable possessions from
Examples:- the church was despoiled of its marble wall covering
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