how to pronounce despoil

/dɪˈspɔɪl/

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despoil is pronounced in two syllables

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meanings of despoil

verb:

To violently strip (someone), with indirect object of their possessions etc.; to rob.
To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.
To strip (someone) of their clothes; to undress.

noun:

Plunder; spoliation.

despoil frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word despoil occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics despoil can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that despoil can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;