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despoiling

 
Verb despoil has 2 senses
  1. plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
    --1 is one way to take
    Derived forms: noun despoilment1, noun despoliation1, noun despoiler1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder - destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
    --2 is one way to destroy, ruin
    Derived forms: noun despoilment1, noun despoliation1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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