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maraud collapse: raid and rove in search of booty; "marauding rebels overran the countryside"

freeboot collapse

spoliate collapse

rob collapse: take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; "The burglars robbed him of all his money"

devalue collapse: lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting"; remove the value from; deprive of its value

vulgarize collapse: act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize"

coarsen collapse: make less subtle or refined; "coarsen one's ideals"; make or become coarse or coarser; "coarsen the surface"; "Their minds coarsened"

ransack collapse

deflower collapse: deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"

desecrate collapse: remove the consecration from a person or an object; violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"

denude collapse: lay bare; "denude a forest"

contaminate collapse: make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"

impoverish collapse: make poor

divest collapse: reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa"; deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights"

suck dry collapse

flay collapse: strip the skin off

depredate collapse

mislead collapse: lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"

adulterate collapse: mixed with impurities; corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"

maltreat collapse

mistreat collapse: treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

envenom collapse

decimate collapse: kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

devastate collapse: overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"

seduce collapse: lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct; "She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor"; induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally"

swallow up collapse

bleed white collapse

lay waste collapse

cheapen collapse

vandalize collapse: destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park"

havoc collapse: violent and needless disturbance

foray collapse: an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence); "scientists' forays into politics"; a sudden short attack; briefly enter enemy territory

play havoc with collapse

deprave collapse

vitiate collapse

sully collapse: French statesman (1560-1641); United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)

befoul collapse

plunder collapse: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

denature collapse: make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes; modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished; add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb

engorge collapse

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