spoil
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(verb) become unfit for consumption or use; "the meatt must be eaten before it spoils" |
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Synonyms: go bad |
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Related Words: addle, curdle, decay |
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(noun) the act of stripping and taking by force |
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Synonyms: despoilment, despoliation, spoilation, spoliation |
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Related Words: pillage, pillaging, plundering |
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(noun) the act of spoiling |
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Synonyms: spoilage, spoiling |
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Related Words: injury |
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(noun) (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy" |
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Related Words: stolen property |
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(verb) alter from the original |
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Synonyms: corrupt |
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Related Words: modify |
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(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; thwart |
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Synonyms: frustrate, thwart |
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Related Words: disappoint, discourage, let down |
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(verb) make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" |
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Synonyms: deflower, impair, mar, vitiate |
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Related Words: blemish, cloud, corrupt, damage, deface, defile, disfigure, sully, taint |
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(verb) to hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of: "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge." |
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Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, thwart |
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Related Words: dash, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, ruin, short-circuit |
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(verb) treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" |
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Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper |
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Related Words: do by, handle, treat |
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(verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin |
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Synonyms: ball up, blow, blunder, bobble, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up |
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Related Words: fail, go wrong, miscarry |
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