SPOILING Synonyms

• steal goods; take as spoils

• destroy and strip of its possession

• do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

• destroy completely; damage irreparably

• defeat soundly and humiliatingly

• put (an animal) to death

• make worse or less effective

• make imperfect

• a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)

• the month following February and preceding April

• make imperfect

• destroy or injure severely

• an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction

• a ruined building

• the process of becoming dilapidated

• an event that results in destruction

• failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

• destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

• destroy completely; damage irreparably

• destroy or cause to fail

• reduce to bankruptcy

• reduce to ruins

• deprive of virginity

• fall into ruin

• a middle way between two extremes

• an accommodation in which both sides make concessions

• make a compromise; arrive at a compromise

• settle by concession

• expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute

• mar or spoil the appearance of

• a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

• place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

• make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically

• spot, stain, or pollute

• become worse or disintegrate

• grow progressively worse

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

• overwhelm or overpower

• make a break in

• throw into disorder

• interfere in someone else's activity

• any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

• the occurrence of a change for the worse

• the act of damaging something or someone

• cause or do harm to

• (usually plural) a destructive action

• make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

• a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged

• destroy property or hinder normal operations

• destroy property or hinder normal operations

• hollow out as if making a cave or opening

• destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism

• something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation

• an accident that destroys a ship at sea

• a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)

• a ship that has been destroyed at sea

• smash or break forcefully

• treat with excessive indulgence

• cook in nearly boiling water

• give free rein to

• yield (to); give satisfaction to

• enjoy to excess

• treat with excessive indulgence