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despoil
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to search through with the intent of committing robbery
- The burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell.
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ravage, devastate, waste, sack, pillage, despoil mean to lay waste by plundering or destroying. ravage implies violent often cumulative depredation and destruction.
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- a hurricane ravaged the coast
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- an earthquake devastated the city
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- years of drought had wasted the area
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- barbarians sacked ancient Rome
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- settlements pillaged by Vikings
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- the Nazis despoiled the art museums
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