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  1. 1. v. t. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Spoil. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. steal goods; take as spoils Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. destroy and strip of its possession Source: wordnet
  6. 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. Source: webster
  7. 7. Spoil. [Obs.] Wolsey. Source: adambom
  8. 8. v:100 v steal goods; take as spoils v destroy and strip of its possession Source: ecdict

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