spoilation

Questions about spoilation

What does spoilation mean?

spoilation means "the act of stripping and taking by force".

How many syllables are in spoilation?

spoilation has 4 syllables: spo-i-la-tion. The stress falls on "la".

What is another word for spoilation?

Close synonyms include spoil, spoliation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spoilation a common word?

spoilation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.