Audio English.net » Dictionary » S » Splay ... Spoken

SPOILATION

Dictionary entry overview: What does spoilation mean?

• SPOILATION (noun)
The noun SPOILATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of stripping and taking by force

Familiarity information: SPOILATION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SPOILATION (noun)

Sense 1

spoilation ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

The act of stripping and taking by force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

despoilation; despoilment; despoliation; spoilation; spoliation; spoil

Hypernyms ("spoilation" is a kind of...):

pillage; pillaging; plundering (the act of stealing valuable things from a place)

Learn English with... Proverbs of the week

"If at first you don't succeed, well, you're about average" (English proverb)

"Absence makes the heart grow fonder." (Thomas Haynes Bayly)

"For the sake of the flowers, the weeds are watered." (Arabic proverb)

"When two dogs fight over a bone, a third one carries it away." (Dutch proverb)

Page delivered in 0.0429 seconds