Definition of spoil

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make a mess of, destroy or ruin (verb)
Synonyms
1. ball up
2. blow
3. bobble
4. bodge
5. bollix
6. bollix up
7. bollocks
8. bollocks up
9. botch
10. botch up
11. bumble
12. bungle
13. flub
14. fluff
15. foul up
16. fuck up
17. fumble
18. louse up
19. mess up
20. mishandle
21. muck up
22. muff
23. screw up
have a strong desire or urge to do something (verb)
Examples
1. He is spoiling for a fight
Synonyms
1. itch
the act of stripping and taking by force (noun)
Synonyms
1. despoilation
2. despoilment
3. despoliation
4. spoilation
5. spoliation
destroy and strip of its possession (verb)
Synonyms
1. despoil
2. plunder
3. rape
4. violate
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of (verb)
Synonyms
1. baffle
2. bilk
3. cross
4. foil
5. frustrate
6. queer
7. scotch
8. thwart
make imperfect (verb)
Synonyms
1. deflower
2. impair
3. mar
4. vitiate
treat with excessive indulgence (verb)
Synonyms
1. baby
2. cocker
3. coddle
4. cosset
5. featherbed
6. indulge
7. mollycoddle
8. pamper
become unfit for consumption or use (verb)
Examples
1. the meat must be eaten before it spoils
Synonyms
1. go bad
alter from the original (verb)
Synonyms
1. corrupt
the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it (noun)
Examples
1. her spoiling my dress was deliberate
Synonyms
1. spoilage
2. spoiling
(usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war) (noun)
Examples
1. to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy