despoiled Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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
  2. verb destroy and strip of its possession
    plunder; violate; spoil; rape; despoil.
    • The soldiers raped the beautiful country
  3. adjective satellite having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
    ravaged; sacked; pillaged; raped.
    • the raped countryside

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