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spoil, v.
(spoiling, spoils, spoilt)
freq. cnt. 4

make a mess of, destroy or ruin
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ball up blow bobble bodge bollix bollix up bollocks bollocks up botch botch up bumble bungle flub fluff foul up fuck up fumble louse up mess up mishandle muck up muff screw up spoil

sample sentences

"I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"
"the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

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spoilage spoiling spoil

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hypernym

fail, go wrong, miscarry

alter from the original
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corrupt spoil

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load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase

become unfit for consumption or use
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go bad spoil

sample sentences

"the meat must be eaten before it spoils"

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spoiling spoilage

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make imperfect
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deflower impair mar spoil vitiate

sample sentences

"nothing marred her beauty"

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impairment impairer

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defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud deface, disfigure, blemish

destroy and strip of its possession
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despoil plunder rape spoil violate

sample sentences

"The soldiers raped the beautiful country"

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spoilation spoliation spoil spoil

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despoliation despoilment

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have a strong desire or urge to do something
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itch spoil

sample sentences

"She is itching to start the project"
"He is spoiling for a fight"

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hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
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baffle bilk cross foil frustrate queer scotch spoil thwart

sample sentences

"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"
"foil your opponent"

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thwarting thwarter

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frustrative frustration frustration frustration

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also see

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disappoint, let down dash short-circuit ruin

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prevent, forestall, preclude, foreclose, forbid

treat with excessive indulgence
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baby cocker coddle cosset featherbed indulge mollycoddle pamper spoil

sample sentences

"grandparents often pamper the children"
"Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

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pampering pamperer

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mollycoddle mollycoddler

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indulging indulgence

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treat, handle, do by