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spoil

/spɔɪl/ · 5 letters · 5 distinct letters

  1. verb

    make a mess of, destroy or ruin

    I botched the dinner and we had to eat out

  2. verb

    become unfit for consumption or use

    the meat must be eaten before it spoils

  3. verb

    alter from the original

  4. noun

    (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)

    to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy

  5. noun

    the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it

    her spoiling my dress was deliberate

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