SPOIL vs FRUSTRATE: NOUN
- Waste material, as that obtained in mining, quarrying, excavating canals, making railway cuttings, etc. Compare spoil-bank.
- An object of pillage or spoliation; a thing to be preyed upon; a prey.
- Injury; damage; waste; havoc; destruction.
- The act of plundering, pillaging, or despoiling; the act of spoliation; pillage; robbery.
- Arms and armor stripped from a defeated enemy; the plunder taken from an enemy in war; booty; loot; hence, that which is seized or falls to one after any struggle; specifically, in recent use, the patronage and emoluments of office, considered as a reward for zeal or service rendered in a struggle of parties: frequently in the plural: as, the spoils of capture; to the victor belong the spoils; the spoils of office; party spoils.
- In spoil-five, a drawn game.
- The act of plundering; spoliation.
- Refuse material removed from an excavation.
- An object of plunder; prey.
- Incidental benefits reaped by a winner, especially political patronage enjoyed by a successful party or candidate.
- Goods or property seized from a victim after a conflict, especially after a military victory.
- (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)
- The act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
- The act of stripping and taking by force
- The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.
- That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
- Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural.
- That which is gained by strength or effort.
- The act or practice of plundering; robbery; waste.
- Corruption; cause of corruption.
- A bank formed by the earth taken from an excavation, as of a canal.
- The theory or practice of regarding public offices and their emoluments as so much plunder to be distributed among their active partisans by those who are chosen to responsible offices of administration.
- Synonyms Plunder, Booty, etc. See pillage, n.
- Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
- Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings.
- A weak contraction of the ventricle of the heart, the impulse of which is imperceptible at the wrist, giving the impression of intermittent pulsations.
SPOIL vs FRUSTRATE: ADJECTIVE
- N/A
- Vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory
SPOIL vs FRUSTRATE: VERB
- Alter from the original
- Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- Treat with excessive indulgence
- Have a strong desire or urge to do something
- Destroy and strip of its possession
- Make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- Make imperfect
- To reveal the ending of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.
- Become unfit for consumption or use
- To cause stress or panic
- To hinder or thwart.
- To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
- Treat cruelly
- Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
SPOIL vs FRUSTRATE: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To take by force.
- To become unfit for use or consumption, as from decay. Used especially of perishables, such as food. : decay.
- To plunder; despoil.
- To harm the character of (a child) by overindulgence or leniency. : pamper.
- To impair or destroy the value or quality of; ruin.
- To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay.
- To practice plunder or robbery.
- N/A
SPOIL vs FRUSTRATE: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy
- To cause to decay and perish; to corrupt; to vitiate; to mar.
- To seize by violence; to take by force; to plunder.
- To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken.
- To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect.
- To prevent from coming to fruition or fulfillment; render ineffectual.
- To cause feelings of discouragement, annoyance, or lack of fulfillment in.
- To prevent (someone) from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart.
- To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle
SPOIL vs FRUSTRATE: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To decay; become tainted or unsavory; lose freshness: as, fruit and fish soon spoil in warm weather.
- To engage in plunder and robbery; pillage; rob.
- To cut up; carve: as, to spoil a hen.
- To injure, vitiate, or impair in any way; especially, as applied to persons, to vitiate or impair in character or disposition; render less filial, obedient, affectionate, mannerly, modest, contented, or the like: as, to spare the rod and spoil the child; to spoil one with flattery.
- To destroy; ruin; injure; mar; impair; render useless, or less valuable, potent, or the like; seriously impair the quality, value, soundness, beauty, usefulness, pleasantness, etc., of: as, to spoil a thing in the making; to spoil one's chances of promotion; to spoil the fun.
- To seize or take by force; carry off as booty.
- To strip with violence; rob; pillage; plunder; despoil: with of before the thing taken.
- Defeated.
- Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; void; of no effect.
- Synonyms Frustrate, Foil, Thwart, Baffle, Balk, are strong words, expressing the complete defeat of any plan or endeavor. Frustrate, to make vain, cause to be in vain, bring to naught. Foil, to stop, render useless. (Foil is not thought to be derived from the use of a foil in fencing, but is associated with it in many minds, and in meaning corresponds with the turning aside of a sword by the address of a fencer.) Thwart, literally, to stop by a bar or barrier, cross effectively, defeat. Baffe, to check at all points or completely and promptly, so that one is at a loss what to do. Balk, to stop in a course, make unable to proceed in a given direction. Perhaps baffle expresses most of confusion of mind or bewilderment, and balk most of annoyance or vexation.
- To defeat the desire or purpose of; cause to be balked or disappointed; thwart.
- To make null; nullify; render of no effect: as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.
- To make of no avail; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfilment; defeat; disappoint; balk: as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose.
SPOIL vs FRUSTRATE: RELATED WORDS
- Deflower, Coddle, Mollycoddle, Foil, Bollix, Mishandle, Botch, Indulge, Pamper, Blow, Impair, Vitiate, Thwart, Frustrate, Mar
- Queer, Stymie, Rag, Dun, Cross, Scotch, Bilk, Crucify, Torment, Tantalize, Foil, Spoil, Bedevil, Baffle, Thwart
SPOIL vs FRUSTRATE: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Cosset, Deflower, Coddle, Mollycoddle, Foil, Bollix, Mishandle, Botch, Pamper, Blow, Impair, Vitiate, Thwart, Frustrate, Mar
- Stifle, Stymie, Queer, Rag, Dun, Cross, Scotch, Bilk, Crucify, Torment, Tantalize, Foil, Spoil, Baffle, Thwart
SPOIL vs FRUSTRATE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
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- Prior to excavation and placement of spoil, existing vegetation in construction areas would be cleared and grubbed and buried in spoil disposal areas.
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- They spoil their children and then send them to the school to spoil it.
- Maintenance dredging where the spoil is deposited in a spoil area authorized by all applicable state and federal regulatory agenciesh.
- Spoil Disposal The extensive drilling, blasting, and excavation, anticipated during project construction, would produce significant amounts of spoil.
- Spoil Side Spoil is the term used for excavated soil.
- Dredged spoil will be trucked to suitable spoil site.
- Social expectations may frustrate students with special needs.
- In turn, this could even frustrate the seller.
- These are rebels, and they often frustrate others.
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- It seemed designed to emotionally frustrate the viewers.
- And the devil wished to frustrate this purpose.
- Wherever you to frustrate and advice based on.
- Does the organizational structure or frustrate future leaders?
- Amendments would undoubtedly frustrate informationm both these articles.
- Why might the obstacles frustrate achievement of success?
SPOIL vs FRUSTRATE: QUESTIONS
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