DESPOILATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of stripping and taking by force

Synonyms:

despoilation; despoilment; despoliation; spoil; spoilation; spoliation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("despoilation" is a kind of...):

pillage; pillaging; plundering (the act of stealing valuable things from a place)

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