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spoil
/spɔɪl/ · 5 letters · 5 distinct letters
- verb
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- verb
become unfit for consumption or use
the meat must be eaten before it spoils
- verb
alter from the original
- noun
(usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)
to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy
- noun
the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
her spoiling my dress was deliberate