verb Download 🔗Share To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour. Examples : "The soldiers spoilt the enemy general of his armor after the battle. " military history war weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil. Examples : "The invading army spoilt the village of its food and valuables, leaving the inhabitants with nothing. " property action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.). Examples : "The invading army spoilt the countryside, leaving villages in ruins and fields bare. " military war Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To carry off (goods) by force; to steal. Examples : "During the riot, some protesters spoilt goods from the local stores. " police law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use. Examples : "The heavy rain spoilt our picnic, so we had to eat inside. " condition action quality negative Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. Examples : ""Her parents spoilt her with expensive gifts, and now she expects everyone to give her what she wants." " character family human attitude Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay. Examples : "Make sure you put the milk back in the fridge, otherwise it will spoil." food condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it. Examples : "He spoilt his ballot paper by drawing a big smiley face on it. " politics government law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time. Examples : ""My little brother spoilt the ending of the movie for me when he told me who the bad guy was." " entertainment media story action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Having lost its original value Examples : "The old photograph was badly spoilt by water damage and you could barely see the faces anymore. " condition quality Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible. Examples : "The milk was spoilt, so we couldn't use it in the cereal this morning. " food condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character, especially due to pampering Examples : "Little Timmy is so spoilt; he cries if he doesn't get exactly what he wants. " character human person family attitude Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading