SPOLIATE Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

spoliate

verb

Definition of spoliate

as in to wipe out

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The two once presented a live demo minutes after a computer cloud crash wiped out their materials, winning anyway after Andreou pitched the product entirely from memory.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 June 2026
Widespread flooding across Kentucky has left at least four dead Saturday, prompting dozens of rescues after heavy rains wiped out bridges, inundated roads and flooded homes, with more significant rainfall on the way.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 27 June 2026

Definition of wipe out

Verb

After Miami scored in the second OT period, Omar Thornton sacked Daniels on first down, forced an incompletion on second down, got FSU to commit a false start and forced another incompletion to set up fourth and 21.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
He was sacked five times as Texas lost consecutive regular-season games for the first time since 2021.

— Mark Long, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of sack

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At the time, LeVota said the plan could involve tearing down one or both stadiums.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
Religious, political, and community leaders from across Texas were in Fort Worth to celebrate the project before a bulldozer began to tear down the Southside Community Center.

— Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of tear down

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As noted recently by Deadline, other Chinese AI models continue to plunder IP, including MiniMax H3, which generated videos that violated studio brand safety standards 55% of the time when an image was used in a prompt.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
But there is very little archaeological evidence available, given that many of the earliest Egyptian tombs were plundered and/or hastily excavated.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of plunder

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The interior ministry reported assaults on police, looting and damage to public buildings, saying there have been at least 272 arrests nationwide.

— Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
The young people set fire to electric hire bikes and looted at least one shop, a CNN producer on the ground witnessed.

— Elina Baudier Kim, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of loot

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Rather than undertaking the difficult but just and moral work of reform of the nation's immigration laws, Vance would destroy and expel their families with a smile, claiming that such actions will save you money.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Running low on fuel, NASA chose to steer Cassini straight into Saturn's atmosphere, where the spacecraft was destroyed.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of destroy

Verb

But then there are the bad habits that can sneakily sabotage our skin, and when wrinkles are looming, things get a little more personal.

— Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 2 Oct. 2026
Lowe’s principal is out for a blue ribbon prize from the school district, and to sabotage his ambitions Doug stages an original musical in secret starring his earnest, talented young students.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of sabotage

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Sudan’s civil war, a conflict credibly described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, has seen violence matched only by the belligerents’ rapacity in pillaging the country’s riches.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Most notable is how the Premier League’s most famous clubs increasingly pillage the internal market for reliable and proven talent, rather than taking bets on cheaper or further-flung bets from across the continent or beyond.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of pillage

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