spoilt

Meaning

1. Having lost its original value
2. Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
3. Having a selfish or greedy character, especially due to pampering

be destroyed

be stunted

become mouldy

bitched-up

effete

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/spɔɪlt/

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spoil

1. To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.
2. To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.
3. To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).
4. (obsolete) To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.
5. To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use.
6. To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.
7. Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay.
8. To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it.
9. To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.
10. To reduce the lift generated by an airplane or wing by deflecting air upwards, usually with a spoiler.

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