spoliated

verb

Definition of spoliatednext
past tense of spoliate
as in plundered

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  1. plundered
  2. looted
  3. destroyed
  4. ransacked
  5. ruined
  6. wrecked
  7. demolished
  8. razed
Verb
  • All three were plundered by thieves in ancient and medieval times, so many of the items originally left are no longer there.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Along with thousands of others, these artifacts were plundered by French colonial troops in 1892.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of plundered
Verb
  • In an attempt to address past wrongs, in 2022, the Belgian parliament passed a law establishing a legal framework for the restitution and return of the property looted from the colonial-era Belgian Congo.
    Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Power plants, oil refineries, and distribution networks have been systematically destroyed or looted, or have fallen into disrepair.
    Karam Shaar, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of looted
Verb
  • Daley wasn’t interested, knowing that in certain white neighborhoods, those signs would be defaced or destroyed.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Almost all of Gaza’s other schools are either shuttered, destroyed or have been converted into shelters for the displaced.
    Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of destroyed
Verb
  • Advertisement Others ransacked the presidential palace after Assad vanished.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Others ransacked the presidential palace and residence with Assad and other top officials gone.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of ransacked
Verb
  • Collegiate sports have been ruined by the NCAA.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The game tells the story of a future Earth long after catastrophe—in the form of an autonomous robotic swarm—has ruined the planet.
    Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of ruined
Verb
  • The 1995-97 newspaper strike scrambled the lives of many and wrecked a good deal of camaraderie.
    Tim Kiska, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
  • So many of those at highest risk are too young to remember the days when HIV wrecked communities.
    Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of wrecked
Verb
  • Finally, the wall that had the last remaining barely visible image of Christ was demolished.
    Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Years later, the elder sister is told that the camp will be demolished soon by her deceased sister.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of demolished
Verb
  • Historians commissioned by the state had just published an official report on the deadly attack on the town of Rosewood in 1923, when a white mob razed the majority-Black community and drove out its residents.
    Kate Payne, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
  • They were razed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of razed
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