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Antonyms for despoiler
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-spoil |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈspɔɪl |
Definition of despoiler
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.
- As in robber : noun person who steals
- As in vandal : noun person who defiles property
- As in destroyer : noun a destructive agent
- As in rapist : noun attacker
- The type of mentality I attributed to the Despoiler may be impossible.
- Extract from : « Unthinkable » by Roger Phillips Graham
- The incomprehensible in that story was the mind of a Despoiler.
- Extract from : « Unthinkable » by Roger Phillips Graham
- It, to the human mind, was incomprehensible; and to the Despoiler, the human mind was incomprehensible.
- Extract from : « Unthinkable » by Roger Phillips Graham
- Never from that time would I trust myself to meet or see the despoiler.
- Extract from : « Devereux, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Its discoverer might have been its father; he proved to be its despoiler.
- Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery » by Justin Winsor
- Neither did the excited little woman identify her despoiler.
- Extract from : « My Life » by Josiah Flynt
- The Prophet (may God be kind to him) spared not the despoiler!
- Extract from : « Tales of Secret Egypt » by Sax Rohmer
- She cannot banish the image of her despoiler from her heart.
- Extract from : « The Complete Opera Book » by Gustav Kobb
- The despoiler plunged into a valley; the Prince was dose upon him.
- Extract from : « The Usurper » by Judith Gautier
- Nor is it improbable that her affections had been bestowed upon her despoiler.
- Extract from : « Curiosities of Medical Experience » by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
Synonyms for despoiler
- annihilator
- assassin
- bandit
- betrayer
- bomber
- brigand
- buccaneer
- burglar
- Cancer
- cardsharper
- cat burglar
- cattle thief
- cheat
- chemotherapy
- chiseler
- con artist
- corsair
- crook
- debaucher
- defacer
- defiler
- demolisher
- desperado
- despoiler
- destroyer
- eradicator
- executioner
- exterminator
- fence
- firebrand
- forager
- fraud
- grafter
- hijacker
- holdup artist
- hoodlum
- housebreaker
- iconoclast
- looter
- marauder
- mischief-maker
- mugger
- operator
- pickpocket
- pilferer
- pillager
- pirate
- plunderer
- poison
- prowler
- punk
- radiation
- raider
- ransacker
- raper
- ravager
- ravisher
- rustler
- safecracker
- sandbagger
- savage
- second-story operator
- shoplifter
- slaughterer
- stealer
- stickup
- swindler
- thief
- thug
- vandal
- wrecker
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