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spoil [n]

1)	(usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"

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stolen_property plural despoil

2)	the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"

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spoilage spoiling

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injury ball_up deflower

3)	the act of stripping and taking by force

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despoilation despoilment despoliation spoilation spoliation

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pillage despoil despoil

spoil [v]

1)	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"

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ball_up blow bobble 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

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fail bloomer balls-up fluff blunderer screwup

2)	become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"

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decay spoilage addle curdle

3)	alter from the original

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modify spoliation adulterate

4)	treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

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baby cocker coddle cosset featherbed indulge mollycoddle pamper

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do_by humoring coddler mollycoddle babe

5)	hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

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baffle bilk cross foil frustrate queer scotch thwart

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forbid frustration defeat foiling cross double_cross obstructer disappoint dash short-circuit ruin

6)	have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"

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7)	destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"

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despoil plunder rape violate

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destroy pillage despoilation rape

8)	make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"

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deflower impair mar vitiate

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damage defloration impairment impairer blemish cloud blemish

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