despoil

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verb

To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war: depredate, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rape, ravage, sack, spoliate, strip. Archaic harrow, spoil. See crimes, give/take/reciprocity.

v

Definition: ravage, destroy
Antonyms: build, construct, improve

For a list of words related to despoilment, see:

• Violent Events - despoilment: forceful, violent deprivation or destruction of goods or property

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - plyndre for

Nederlands (Dutch)
plunderen

Français (French)
v. tr. - dépouiller, spolier de, piller (pays)

Deutsch (German)
v. - plündern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - λεηλατώ, καταληστεύω

Italiano (Italian)
saccheggiare, svaligiare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - saquear, espoliar

Русский (Russian)
грабить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - despojar, saquear

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - beröva, utplundra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
夺取, 掠夺

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 奪取, 掠奪

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 박탈하다, (자연 등을) 훼손하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - …から奪い去る, 略奪する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينهب مكان قيم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שדד, בזז‬

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