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spoliative

spoliative adjective: serving to take away, diminish, or rob.

Adjective

spoliative (comparative more spoliative, superlative most spoliative)

  1. Serving to take away, diminish, or rob.
    1. (dated) Serving to diminish the amount of blood in the body.
      • spoliative bloodletting

Forms of spoliative

comparativemore spoliative
superlativemost spoliative

Origin of spoliative

Compare French spoliatif.

Questions about spoliative

What does spoliative mean?
Spoliative means serving to take away, diminish, or rob.
What part of speech is spoliative?
Spoliative is an adjective.

Words near spoliative in the dictionary

  1. spoliated
  2. spoliates
  3. spoliating
  4. spoliation
  5. spoliations
  6. spoliative
  7. spoliator
  8. spoliators
  9. spoliatory
  10. spoligo-
  11. spoligoforest

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