VITIATE vs SPOIL: NOUN
- N/A
- Goods or property seized from a victim after a conflict, especially after a military victory.
- Incidental benefits reaped by a winner, especially political patronage enjoyed by a successful party or candidate.
- An object of plunder; prey.
- Refuse material removed from an excavation.
- The act of plundering; spoliation.
- (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
- 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.
- 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.
- A bank formed by the earth taken from an excavation, as of a canal.
- Corruption; cause of corruption.
- The act or practice of plundering; robbery; waste.
- That which is gained by strength or effort.
- 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 taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
- 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.
- Synonyms Plunder, Booty, etc. See pillage, n.
- In spoil-five, a drawn game.
- The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.
- 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.
VITIATE vs SPOIL: VERB
- Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- Take away the legal force of or render ineffective
- To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something
- To debase or morally corrupt
- To violate, to rape
- To make something ineffective, to invalidate
- 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
- Make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- Destroy and strip of its possession
- Have a strong desire or urge to do something
- Alter from the original
- Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- Make imperfect
- Treat with excessive indulgence
VITIATE vs SPOIL: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay.
- To become unfit for use or consumption, as from decay. Used especially of perishables, such as food. : decay.
- To take by force.
- 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 practice plunder or robbery.
VITIATE vs SPOIL: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil
- To make ineffective (a contract or legal stipulation, for example); invalidate.
- To corrupt morally; debase: : corrupt.
- To reduce the value or quality of; impair or spoil.
- To cause to fail of effect, either wholly or in part; to make void; to destroy, as the validity or binding force of an instrument or transaction; to annul.
- To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken.
- 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.
VITIATE vs SPOIL: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To cause to fail of effect, either in whole or in part; render invalid or of no effect; destroy the validity or binding force of, as of a legal instrument or a transaction; divest of legal value or authority; invalidate: as, any undue influence exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud vitiates a contact; a court is vitiated by the presence of unqualified persons sitting as members of it.
- Synonyms Pollute, Corrupt, etc. (see taint), debase, deprave.
- To render vicious, faulty, or imperfect; injure the quality or substance of; cause to be defective; impair; spoil; corrupt: as, a vitiated taste.
- 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.
- To decay; become tainted or unsavory; lose freshness: as, fruit and fish soon spoil in warm weather.
VITIATE vs SPOIL: RELATED WORDS
- Undermine, Profane, Void, Deflower, Corrupt, Debauch, Pervert, Misdirect, Debase, Deprave, Impair, Demoralize, Spoil, Invalidate, Mar
- Deflower, Coddle, Mollycoddle, Foil, Bollix, Mishandle, Botch, Indulge, Pamper, Blow, Impair, Vitiate, Thwart, Frustrate, Mar
VITIATE vs SPOIL: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Disturb, Undermine, Profane, Void, Deflower, Corrupt, Debauch, Pervert, Misdirect, Deprave, Impair, Demoralize, Spoil, Invalidate, Mar
- Cosset, Deflower, Coddle, Mollycoddle, Foil, Bollix, Mishandle, Botch, Pamper, Blow, Impair, Vitiate, Thwart, Frustrate, Mar
VITIATE vs SPOIL: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- And they do not threaten to vitiate the free speech guarantee.
- This is not to say that deception can never vitiate consent.
- Their disclosure serves no purpose other than to vitiate Mr.
- Rubenfeld himself has ably demonstrated how deception can vitiate consent.
- Such a reading would vitiate the time of loss clause.
- Misrepresentation by a third person does not vitiate consent.
- Demand for receipt not to vitiate a legal tender.
- SYN: Seduce, corrupt, ravish, violate, pollute, defile, vitiate.
- Guardian ad litem does not vitiate the decree.
- Mistake of law does not generally vitiate consent.
- In order not to spoil the aesthetic view class are covered with some clothing in order not to spoil aesthetic!
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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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- And spoil all that is in them, TJie treasures of wisdom they shall not spoil, Nor find out her hidden things.
- 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.
VITIATE vs SPOIL: QUESTIONS
- Does the insertion of'interest'after a note vitiate the process?
- Does out of an abundance of caution vitiate legislative authority?
- Who would win in a lightsaber duel Darth Sidious vs vitiate?
- Does Sophie Turner's New Tattoo spoil'game of Thrones'?
- What happens when parents coddle and spoil their children?
- Does the Char-Griller double play 5650 spoil easily?
- Will MTG spoil season start with Kamigawa debut day?
- Do vitamins and minerals spoil after the expiration date?
- Do grandparents who don't babysit spoil their grandchildren?
- Can Miami Dolphins spoil New England Patriots'season?
- Did'Avengers: Endgame'star Ruffalo spoil his movies?
- Do fresh-cut fruits and vegetables spoil differently?
- Do psychrotolerant anaerobes in vacuum packed meat spoil?