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spoil v. [
botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up] 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"
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spoil v. [
go bad] become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"
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spoil v. [
corrupt] alter from the original
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spoil n. (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"
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spoil n. [
spoiling, spoilage] the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"
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