spoil
noun
- 1
(Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
- 2
Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings.
verb
- 1
To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.
- 2
To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.
- 3
To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).
- 4
To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.
- 5
To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use.
- 6
To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.
- 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
To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it.
- 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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