spoliator

Definition of spoliatornext

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Noun
  • Borderlands 4 is an amusing looter-shooter that supports solo play or up to four-player co-op.
    Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 23 May 2026
  • As this list reveals, English has been a welcoming recipient—though at times also a looter—of many words, commodities, and ideas from India that have transformed daily lives and speech in the Anglophone world.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Instead of relying on chemical treatments, try hand-picking pests off vegetable plants, or thwart garden marauders with fruit protection bags, floating row covers, and pest-repelling companion plants.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2026
  • There are 10 others — a bear, dragon, fox, knight, lion, marauder, mustang, red panda, watchman and wolf — that will be narrowed to a final three via a public voting process that ends Friday.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Keep your paltry pocket lighters sheathed, would-be saboteurs.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Sharaa, who has signed a five-year transitional document that serves as a de facto constitution, seems aware of the risks and has thus far been able to outflank his potential rivals and saboteurs, keeping his country out of the ongoing regional war.
    Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • After a police wrecker lifted the truck, officers found a further 11 bodies crushed beneath the iron rods.
    Adam England, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
  • The next step for him is to make the jump into a consistent game-wrecker, even against NFL-level offensive tackles.
    Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • The Huskies have just 21 sacks on the season, ranking 92nd in the nation, and their leading sacker, junior edge rusher Jacob Line, has just 3.5 sacks on the season.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Burrow will be without WR Tee Higgins, and top sacker Trey Hendrickson will be missing from an already terrible Gals D. Crows on a 6-1 run at home in rivalry, and Jackson and Derrick Henry will keep that going against a Cincinnati defense bad enough to makes Joe’s comeback a mountain to climb.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Earlier this year, Quinn pounced on the opportunity to cast Heated Rivalry’s Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams as star-crossed fae princes from feuding kingdoms who (spoiler) have been knocking boots in secret.
    Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 June 2026
  • Holyoke looked to play spoiler on the road and nearly did.
    Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • The form asks for the date and time of the watering, along with the waster’s address.
    Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
  • The state Department of Environmental Protection is responding and will assist in the safe disposal of waster materials generated during the cleanup Morrisey said.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Spoliator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoliator. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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