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Spoil
spɔɪl
- diminish or destroy the value or quality of
"I wouldn't want to spoil your fun"
- prevent someone from enjoying (an occasion or event)
"she was afraid of spoiling Christmas for the rest of the family"
- mark (a ballot paper) incorrectly so as to make one's vote invalid, especially as a gesture of protest
"the group called on its supporters to spoil their papers"
- (of food) become unfit for eating
"I've got some ham that'll spoil if we don't eat it tonight"
- harm the character of (someone, especially a child) by being too lenient or indulgent
"the last thing I want to do is spoil Thomas"
- treat with great or excessive kindness, consideration, or generosity
"breakfast in bed—you're spoiling me!"
- be extremely or aggressively eager for
"Cooper was spoiling for a fight"
- rob (a person or a place) of goods or possessions by force or violence
"the enemy entered into Hereford, spoiled and fired the city, and razed the walls to the ground"