spoil

/spɔɪl/

noun

  1. 1

    (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.

  2. 2

    Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings.

verb

  1. 1

    To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.

  2. 2

    To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.

  3. 3

    To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).

  4. 4

    To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.

  5. 5

    To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use.

  6. 6

    To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.

  7. 7

    Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay.

    Make sure you put the milk back in the fridge, otherwise it will spoil.
  8. 8

    To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it.

  9. 9

    To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.

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