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despoiler

Meaning of "despoiler" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DESPOILER

dɪsˈpɔɪlə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DESPOILER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Despoiler is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DESPOILER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Looting

Looting, also referred to as sacking, plundering, despoiling, despoliation, and pillaging, is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe, such as war, natural disaster, or rioting. The term is also used in a broader sense to describe egregious instances of theft and embezzlement, such as the "plundering" of private or public assets by corrupt or greedy authorities. Looting is loosely distinguished from scavenging in terms of objects taken: scavenging implies taking of essential items such as food, water, shelter, or other material needed for survival while looting implies items of luxury or not necessary for survival such as art work, precious metals or other valuables. The proceeds of all these activities can be described as loot, plunder, spoils, or pillage.

Definition of despoiler in the English dictionary

The definition of despoiler in the dictionary is a plunderer.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DESPOILER

boiler · boyla · broiler · charbroiler · coiler · embroiler · moiler · oiler · potboiler · recoiler · spoiler · subsoiler · toiler

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DESPOILER

despiteous · despiteously · despoil · despoiling · despoilment · despoliation · despond · despondence · despondency · despondent · despondently · despondingly · despot · despotat · despotic · despotical · despotically · despoticalness · despotism · despotocracy

WORDS THAT END LIKE DESPOILER

back boiler · bunny boiler · compiler · condensing boiler · double boiler · filer · hailer · horse trailer · mailer · miler · profiler · retailer · Rottweiler · soap boiler · steam-boiler · tent trailer · Theiler · tractor-trailer · trailer · water tube boiler

Synonyms and antonyms of despoiler in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «despoiler» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF DESPOILER

Find out the translation of despoiler to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of despoiler from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «despoiler» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

despoiler
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

despojador
570 millions of speakers
en

English

despoiler
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

despoiler
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لص
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

расхищать
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

despoiler
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

despoiler
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

spoliateur
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Despoiler
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

despoiler
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

despoiler
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

despoiler
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Despoiler
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

despoiler
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பாழாக்குகிறதாகவும்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

लुटेरा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

despoiler
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

despoiler
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

despoiler
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

расхищать
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

spoliator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

despoiler
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vernieler
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Despoiler
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

herjeren
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of despoiler

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DESPOILER»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about despoiler

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESPOILER»

Discover the use of despoiler in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to despoiler and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Oxford Despoiler: And Other Mysteries from the Casebook ...
“Britain’s best parodist.”—Michael Bywater Tall, rake-thin, and copiously moustachioed, Henry St Liver is at first glance not an impressive specimen.
Gary Dexter, 2009
2
Villains - Heretics: Abaddon the Despoiler, Abel, Aelfric, ...
This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikia, 2012
3
An Inquiry Into the Principles of the Distribution of Wealth ...
Say that the balance of pleasure lost by the productive laborer is as 1000 to one compared to the pleasure gained by the despoiler: and when we reflect on the consequences to the community, as well as the immediate feelings of the ...
William I Thompson, 1824
4
The Ultimate Guide to G.I. Joe 1982-1994: Identification and ...
As a final note, Destro's Despoiler can be mounted on the “docking pad” of the Iron Grenadiers' D.E.M.O.N. (1988). The Despoiler's easily lost pieces include two (2) missiles and front-mounted 20mm repeating cannons. MISB: $65-90, MIB:  ...
Mark Bellomo, 2009
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An Inquiry Into the Principles of the Distribution of Wealth ...
Say that the balance of pleasure lost by the productive laborer is as 1000 to one compared to the pleasure gained by the despoiler : and when we reflect on the consequences to the community, as well as the immediate feelings of the ...
William Thompson, 1824
6
ARCHANGEL: A Hellfighter Novel
The barricades had been breached, but not before Orion had destroyed the Despoiler army's fighting effectiveness. Scores of Despoiler corpses were piled high. They found Orion among them. Powder said Orion had fought until he had run ...
Thomas Tipton, 2013
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American Avatar
Despoiler,. Progressive,. and. Master. of. Technology. Another image of America fed by nineteenth-century expansion is one of profligacy. Thomas Jefferson's description of a land “with room enough for our descendants to the thousandth and ...
Barry A. Sanders, 2011
8
The Spread Eagle and Other Stories
THE. DESPOILER. Forrest paused when his explorations had brought him to the edge of the beechwood, all dappled with golden lights and umber shadows, and stood for a time brooding upon those intimate lawns and flowery gardens that ...
Gouverneur Morris
9
Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Washington, D.C., History
The. Despicable. Despoiler: W. C. P. Breckinridge. prominent married politician has an affair with a na'1've young woman. She becomes pregnant, and he promises to marry her when his wife dies. Sounds very modern, doesn't it? But this ...
Emilee Hines, 2011
10
Villains - Cataclysm: Abaddon the Despoiler, Abraxas, Abyss ...
Source: Wikia.
Source Wikia, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESPOILER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term despoiler is used in the context of the following news items.
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Battlefleet Gothic: Armada Is An Extremely Detailed RTS Set In Outer …
The war is waged between the mighty Imperial Navy's Gothic and the Chaos Black Crusade of Abaddon the Despoiler. I know, awesome ... «Only Single Player, Jun 15»
2
Don Featherstone, Inventor of the Pink Flamingo (in Plastic), Dies at 79
Elsewhere, however, some homeowners' associations banned the creature, deeming it a despoiler of property values. But the response was far ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
3
Don Featherstone, creator of the plastic flamingo, dies
Elsewhere, some homeowners' associations banned the creature, deeming it a despoiler of property values. But the response was far more ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
4
David Brooks' baffling assessment of the pope's encyclical: Too …
The biggest despoiler of the natural commons, of course, is our constant pumping of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, which the pope ... «Salon, Jun 15»
5
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada Preview - E3 2015
... the mighty armada of the Imperial Navy's Battlefleet Gothic against the galaxy threatening Chaos Black Crusade of Abaddon the Despoiler. «New Game Network, Jun 15»
6
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is ready to take you to church
... into the cosmic reaches of the Imperium of Man, set during the momentous battles of the Twelfth Black Crusade of Abaddon the Despoiler. «Lazygamer, Jun 15»
7
The Democrats' Nominee Will Be…
... he of “fantasy rape” pseudo-literary fame (not to mention his status as a despoiler of folk music), came in closely behind at 41 percent. «American Spectator, Jun 15»
8
If a tree falls in Aledo, why's everyone hear it?
By “we,” I mean my wife, me and the tree service guy, or as he would become known, “Attila the Despoiler.” Responding to my wife's request for ... «Quad-Cities Online, Jun 15»
9
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
These four screenshots focus on the Chaos Black Crusade of Abaddon the Despoiler. Chaos, one of the game's four factions, prefers to ... «Game Informer, Jun 15»
10
A Natural History of English Gardening by Mark Laird review – a …
The main protagonist of this book is not a gardener but the weather, “the unsung artist, as well as the despoiler of gardens”. In 1739/40, a ... «The Guardian, May 15»
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