spoil

(noun) (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war). Examples: "To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy."

(noun) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it. Synonyms: spoiling, spoilage. Examples: "Her spoiling my dress was deliberate."

(noun) the act of stripping and taking by force. Synonyms: spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation.

(verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin. Synonyms: 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. Examples: "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out." "The pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement."

(verb) become unfit for consumption or use. Synonyms: go bad. Examples: "The meat must be eaten before it spoils."

(verb) alter from the original. Synonyms: corrupt.

(verb) treat with excessive indulgence. Synonyms: pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, indulge. Examples: "Grandparents often pamper the children." "Let's not mollycoddle our students!."

(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. Synonyms: thwart, queer, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk. Examples: "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was ruth's amazing september surge." "Foil your opponent."

(verb) have a strong desire or urge to do something. Synonyms: itch. Examples: "She is itching to start the project." "He is spoiling for a fight."

(verb) destroy and strip of its possession. Synonyms: rape, despoil, violate, plunder. Examples: "The soldiers raped the beautiful country."

(verb) make imperfect. Synonyms: mar, impair, deflower, vitiate. Examples: "Nothing marred her beauty."