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Spoiling

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

📖 Definitions of "Spoiling"

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.

noun
  1. 1

    Plunder; pillage

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WordDefinition
spoilverb(transitive) To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable.
spoilagenounThe process of spoiling.

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WordDefinition
spoilagenounThe process of spoiling.
derailingnounThe act by which something is derailed.
wreckingnounThe act by which something is wrecked.
ruiningnounThe act or process by which something is ruined.
wastingnounCausing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.
impairingnounimpairment
corruptingthat infects or taints
destroyingverb(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
plunderingnounThe act of one who plunders; pillaging or looting; plunder.
plundernounAn instance of plundering.
spoliationnoun(by extension) (law) (uncountable) The intentional destruction of, or tampering with, a document so as to impair its evidentiary value.
spoilationnounA spoiling or ruining; destruction.
purloiningnountheft
plunderagenoun(maritime law) The embezzlement of goods on shipboard.
freebootingnoun(computing) Software piracy, or stealing or unauthorized rehosting of digital content.
purloinmentnounThe act of purloining; theft
buccaneeringnounrobbery on the high seas; piracy
pocketingverbThe act of something being taken (usually illicitly purloined).
pilferingnounThe act by which something is pilfered; a petty theft.
usurpingverbusurpation

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