despoiled Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb steal goods; take as spoils
pillage; strip; despoil; plunder; foray; rifle; loot; reave; ransack.
- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
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verb destroy and strip of its possession
plunder; violate; spoil; rape; despoil.
- The soldiers raped the beautiful country
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adjective satellite having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
ravaged; sacked; pillaged; raped.
- the raped countryside