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despoilments

despoilments is the plural of despoilment.

Meaning of despoilment

Noun

despoilment (countable and uncountable, plural despoilments)

  1. The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
    • On such a view, the despoilment of pristine wilderness is the loss of something intrinsically good.1994, Noah M. Lemos, Intrinsic Value

Questions about despoilments

What is despoilments the plural of?
Despoilments is the plural of despoilment.

Words near despoilments in the dictionary

  1. despoiler
  2. despoilers
  3. despoiling
  4. despoilings
  5. despoilment
  6. despoilments
  7. despoils
  8. Despoina
  9. despoliation
  10. despoliations
  11. despond

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