[{"word":"spoiling","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Make sure you put the milk back in the fridge, otherwise it will spoil."},{"definition":"To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["coddle","indulge","mollycoddle","pamper","damage","destroy","ruin"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Plunder; pillage","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spoil","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spoiling"]}]