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DESPOILATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does despoilation mean?
• DESPOILATION (noun)
The noun DESPOILATION has 1 sense:
1. the act of stripping and taking by force
Familiarity information: DESPOILATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of stripping and taking by force
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
despoilation; despoilment; despoliation; spoil; spoilation; spoliation
Hypernyms ("despoilation" is a kind of...):
pillage; pillaging; plundering (the act of stealing valuable things from a place)
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