spoil
spoil
spɔÉĒl
spoyl
/spˈɔ‌ÉĒl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "spoil"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to harm, damage, or ruin something
Transitive: to spoil sth
to spoil definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Trying to fix the plumbing issue on my own ended up spoiling the entire bathroom floor.
āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻĒā§āϞāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ‚ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧁āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻŽā§‡āĻā§‡ āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āϞāĻžāϞāύāĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to treat someone with excessive indulgence or favoritism
Transitive: to spoil sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His grandparents tend to spoil him with endless gifts and sweets.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻž-āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§€ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻšā§€āύ āωāĻĒāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϞāĻžāϞāύ-āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖāϤāĻž āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to become damaged or deteriorated to the point that it is no longer usable or edible
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The fruits began to spoil after several days of being exposed to the sun.
āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϰ⧋āĻĻ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĢāϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϞ⧁āϟāĻĒāĻžāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to take goods or possessions from someone or somewhere using force or violence
Transitive: to spoil a place
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The pirates spoiled the merchant ship, seizing its cargo of gold and spices.
āϜāϞāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŖāĻŋāĻ• āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āϞ⧁āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰ āϏ⧋āύāĻž āĻ“ āĻŽāĻļāϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϞ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˜ā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to ruin someone’s experience or enjoyment of an occasion or event
Transitive: to spoil an event or occasion
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His negative attitude spoiled the mood at the family gathering.
āϤāĻžāϰ āύ⧇āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻŽāύ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§‡āϜāĻžāϜ āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

material removed as waste during excavation, dredging, or mining

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Spoil from the mine was used to fill nearby low areas.
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āϞ⧁āϟ, āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāϞāĻŦā§āϧ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ

valuable items that are taken by force, especially during a war
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the battle, they had to account for the spoils taken during the skirmish.
āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻ°ā§āώ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϞ⧁āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

despoil
spoilation
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