Antonyms for despoil

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dih-spoil

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈspɔɪl

Definition of despoil

Origin : c.1300, from Old French despoillier (12c., Modern French dépouiller) "to strip, rob, deprive of, steal, borrow," from Latin despoliare "to rob, despoil, plunder," from de- "entirely" (see de-) + spoliare "to strip of clothing, rob," from spolium "armor, booty" (see spoil (v.)). Related: Despoiled; despoiling.

verb ravage, destroy

Example sentences :

You pull down, you despoil; but they build up, they restore.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

But forgive me; it was hard for me to see you despoil yourself.
Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

I would rather say, "despoil me of my life, but my integrity never."
Extract from : « Three Years in the Federal Cavalry » by Willard Glazier

If I despoil the bulls of their skins, you are not too proud to despoil one of the husbands of the widow.
Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue

Euphorbus, attempting to despoil Patroclus of his armour, is slain by Menelaus.
Extract from : « The Iliad of Homer (1873) » by Homer

But not for himself did Meleager despoil the body of his foe.
Extract from : « A Book of Myths » by Jean Lang

I shall be that poet, Madame, if I can despoil myself of reason and of conceit.
Extract from : « The Red Lily, Complete » by Anatole France

One there was, Mustapha Mirza, a Persian, who came hither to despoil me.
Extract from : « Tales of Secret Egypt » by Sax Rohmer

For many years the castle was left at the mercy of all who cared to despoil it.
Extract from : « Motor tours in Yorkshire » by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell

Nothing seemed so desirable as to despoil the Absaroke traders.
Extract from : « The Way of an Indian » by Frederic Remington

Synonyms for despoil

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