SPOLIATED Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

spoliated

verb

past tense of spoliate

as in plundered

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As long as the contents of a container have not been plundered outright, they can even be delivered to the recipient after an accident, albeit with some delay.

— Alexander Klose, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
The Stuttgart striker plundered two second-half goals, including a stoppage-time winner, to earn his side a place in the last 32.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 20 June 2026

Definition of plundered

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The drum topped a list of 148 objects that Côte d’Ivoire requested from France in 2019; the petition followed French President Emmanuel Macron’s 2017 pledge to return works of art looted in Africa during the colonial era.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Los Angeles County deputies say that an AutoZone in East Los Angeles was found looted early Saturday morning, near the spot where a street takeover had taken place.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026

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One looks to the story of the Haitian World Cup team, appearing in the tournament for the first time in fifty years, which has gathered expatriate players from the Haitian diaspora to play for that beautiful and utterly despoiled country, where many of them have never lived.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
In the 21st century, oil extraction has become a serious threat to Ecuadoran Amazonia, with large swaths of forest, often located in Indigenous territories, despoiled by the release of wastewater from the wells.

— Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026

Definition of despoiled

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Some 600 drones were detected headed toward the Russian capital, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, with a third destroyed over the Moscow region itself.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
An airstrike destroyed a house in Ansar town, killing seven people and wounding three others on Saturday morning, NNA said.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

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But Nolan also throws a meditative new wrinkle into the story, as Odysseus comes to grips with his role in the Trojan War, leading the charge as his men raped, murdered and pillaged in his name.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 18 July 2026
For decades, tomb raiders have pillaged sites across the country, selling them on the black market.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 19 June 2026

Definition of pillaged

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One thing Taylor won't like is that Burrow was sacked once and then hit while throwing on third-and-4 from the Lions 38 during the second series.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Norwich just missed out on that position, coming ninth, but head coach Liam Manning was nowhere to be seen by then, having been sacked in November with his team second-bottom of the table.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of sacked

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Brentford will be hoping promising midfielder Antoni Milambo can contribute after his debut season was ruined by an ACL injury in October.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Tuesday’s second callback inspection, third inspection overall, got ruined by two dead roaches under a dry storage shelf and four live roaches in dry storage.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026

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