despoiling

Meanings

• Verb

  To plunder or ravage, especially a place or area.

  - "The invading army despoiled the villages, taking all the food and valuables they could find."
  - "The pirates despoiled numerous ships along the coast."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with despoiling
spoiling , oiling , coiling

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Variants

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despoil , despoiled , despoiler , despoilers , despoiling , despoilment , despoilments , despoils

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Forms

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despoiled, despoiling, despoiler

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Etymology

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From the Old French despoiler, meaning 'to strip, deprive'.

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Trivia

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1. Despoiling is often used interchangeably with the term 'looting'.

2. The word 'despoil' comes from the Old French word 'despoiler', which means 'to strip'.

3. Despoiling was a common occurrence during the Roman sack of Jerusalem in AD 70.

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Related Concepts

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1. plunder: The act of taking valuable things, especially by force or illegally.

2. ravage: To destroy or damage extensively, often as a result of war or natural disaster.

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Culture

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Despoiling has been used extensively in literature to describe the devastating effects of war and invasion. For example, in Homer's Iliad, the Greeks are described as despoiling Troy after their victory.

How to Memorize "despoiling"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a group of people taking valuables from a place, like a village or a ship.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'despoiling' with the idea of taking something valuable by force.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each word in 'Despoil, Ravage, and Plunder' to remember the related words.

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