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Spoiling
- verb - alter from the original
- become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"
- destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
- have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
- 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"
- make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"
- the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"
- the process of becoming spoiled
- treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
Spoliate
- - To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob.
Spondaic
- adjective - of or consisting of spondees; "spondaic hexameter"
Spondees
- noun - a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables
Spondias
- noun - tropical trees having one-seeded fruit
Spondyle
- - A joint of the backbone; a vertebra.
Spongers
- noun - a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- a workman employed to collect sponges
- Cadger
Spongiae
- - The grand division of the animal kingdom which includes the sponges; -- called also Spongida, Spongiaria, Spongiozoa, and Porifera.