Thesaurus: despoil

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1. v. t. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.
2. v. t. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.
3. n. Spoil.
4. v. steal goods; take as spoils
5. v. destroy and strip of its possession
6. 1. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of. The clothed earth is then bare, Despoiled is the summer fair. Gower. A law which restored to them an immense domain of which they had been despoiled. Macaulay. Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss. Milton. Syn. -- To strip; deprive; rob; bereave; rifle. Spoil. [Obs.] Wolsey.
7. Spoil. [Obs.] Wolsey.
8. v:100 v steal goods; take as spoils v destroy and strip of its possession