spoliate

verb

Definition of spoliatenext
as in to wipe out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoliate
  1. wipe out
  2. sack
  3. tear down
  4. plunder
  5. loot
  6. destroy
  7. sabotage
  8. pillage
Verb
  • According to Survival International, the Sentinelese wish to remain isolated from the outside world, and any contact could also wipe out the community if they were introduced to diseases.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Eventually, humankind is harmed or possibly completely wiped out by AI to make as many paperclips as possible.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Definition of wipe out
Verb
  • Also sacked Thursday was Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, who led both the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command, and his deputy, Wendy Noble, who has reportedly been reassigned within the Pentagon.
    — Colin Meyn, The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025
  • He was sacked a whopping 68 times, with the next highest being C.J. Stroud with 52.
    — Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of sack
Verb
  • Due to set up, the weekend-long event and tear down, avoid these streets beginning April 7 until April 14: Main Street from Weatherford to 9th Street.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The redevelopment would include tearing down a few homes off Mercier Street currently owned by Fareway.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of tear down
Verb
  • For decades, the terrorist group has plundered Gaza and sacrificed its people in pursuit of an unending messianic war to eliminate the Jewish state.
    — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
  • From [nautical] mile 200, the Argentine Navy [ …] under the coordination of the Joint Maritime Command, stands firm, patrolling and watching and ensuring that no foreign ship crosses our exclusive economic zone to plunder what belongs to Argentines.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of plunder
Verb
  • Along with human rights the wealth of Iran is being looted.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The location of the site has not been announced due to concerns about looting.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Definition of loot
Verb
  • Helicopters dumped water over a burning forest in South Korea Thursday as fire crews struggled to contain the country's worst-ever wildfires, which have killed 28 people, forced at least 37,800 to flee their homes and destroyed thousands of structures and vehicles.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The Palisades and Eaton fires burned more than 40,000 acres and destroyed at least 12,000 buildings.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of destroy
Verb
  • It’s been an absolute free-fall for them since, with an ugly 5-11-1 stretch sabotaging any hopes of breaking a nearly decade-long playoff drought.
    — James Mirtle, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • On its own, the prompt injection failed to sabotage a summary provided by Gemini.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of sabotage
Verb
  • Uh uh, method dressing is forever, at least for Timothée Chalamet—until the next role-of-a-lifetime comes along, or the parcels of Bob Dylan ephemera pillaged from the online auction houses stop coming through the young actor’s door that is.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2025
  • For centuries, the East India Company, a commercial and military organization, pillaged the riches of India to fund the British Empire and the company’s own expansion.
    — Michael Knights, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of pillage
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“Spoliate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoliate. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.

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