eng: spoil - UWN/MENTA

eng: spoil

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Meaning
means	(noun) (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy" spoil
means	(noun) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate" spoiling, spoilage, spoil
means	(noun) the act of stripping and taking by force spoil, spoliation, despoilment, despoliation, despoilation, spoilation
means	(verb) 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" botch, spoil, foul up, ball up, fluff, bollocks up, screw up, fuck up, mess up, bungle, louse up, fumble, muck up, bobble, flub, bodge, bollix, botch up, bollix up, bollocks, mishandle, muff, blow, bumble
means	(verb) become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils" go bad, spoil
means	(verb) alter from the original corrupt, spoil
means	(verb) treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" indulge, mollycoddle, spoil, coddle, pamper, baby, cocker, featherbed, cosset
means	(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" scotch, baffle, foil, cross, spoil, queer, bilk, thwart, frustrate
means	(verb) have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight" spoil, itch
means	(verb) destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" violate, despoil, rape, plunder, spoil
means	(verb) make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" impair, deflower, mar, spoil, vitiate
means	e/Spoil (archaeology)

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