SPOIL

• (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force

  synonyms : despoilation , despoilment , despoliation , spoilation , spoliation

• (noun) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it

  "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"

  synonyms : spoilage , spoiling

• (noun) (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)

  "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"

• (verb) alter from the original

  synonyms : corrupt

• (verb) become unfit for consumption or use

  "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"

  synonyms : go bad

• (verb) make imperfect

  "nothing marred her beauty"

  synonyms : deflower , impair , mar , vitiate

• (verb) destroy and strip of its possession

  "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"

  synonyms : despoil , plunder , rape , violate

  The landscape has been despoiled by industrial development. -added by nithi

• (verb) have a strong desire or urge to do something

  "She is itching to start the project", "He is spoiling for a fight"

  synonyms : itch

• (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin

  "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out", "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

  synonyms : ball up , blow , bobble , bodge , bollix , bollix up , bollocks , bollocks up , botch , botch up , bumble , bungle , flub , fluff , foul up , fuck up , fumble , louse up , mess up , mishandle , muck up , muff , screw up

• (verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

  "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge", "foil your opponent"

  synonyms : baffle , bilk , cross , foil , frustrate , queer , scotch , thwart

  last summer the children did everything they could to baffle their mother's plans for summer classes for them. -added by diviya_inlas

  you had to come along just then to bilk all those well laid plans of ours. -added by diviya_inlas

• (verb) treat with excessive indulgence

  "grandparents often pamper the children", "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

  synonyms : baby , cocker , coddle , cosset , featherbed , indulge , mollycoddle , pamper

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