Spoil - Definition

n 1: (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in
war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"
2: the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her
spoiling my dress was deliberate" [syn: spoil, spoiling,
spoilage]
3: the act of stripping and taking by force [syn: spoil,
spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment,
despoliation]
v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and
we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bodge,
bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle,
fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up,
bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up,
fuck up]
2: become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten
before it spoils" [syn: spoil, go bad]
3: alter from the original [syn: corrupt, spoil]
4: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn:
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle,
mollycoddle, spoil, indulge]
5: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What
ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing
September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: thwart,
queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate,
baffle, bilk]
6: have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is itching
to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight" [syn:
itch, spoil]
7: destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the
beautiful country" [syn: rape, spoil, despoil,
violate, plunder]
8: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: mar,
impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate]