Spoiling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Spoiling is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of spoil.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of spoil.
More Meanings
- plunder; pillage
Example Sentences
May 10, 1775, Benjamin Franklin, Proposed Preamble to a Congressional Resolution on Privateering […] all the spoilings, thefts, burnings of houses and towns, and murders of innocent people, perpetrated by their wicked and inhuman corsairs on our coasts […]
Word Forms
- spoilings
Synonyms for spoiling
Depending on context, synonyms include spoil, spoilage.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spoilage, derailing, wrecking, ruining, wasting, impairing.
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