# spoiling

Pronunciation: say "SPOYL-ing" /ˈspɔɪlɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of spoil. — present participle and gerund of spoil
   - Simple: Present participle of spoil. Use this form when something is going bad or being ruined right now.
   - _The unrefrigerated cheese was spoiling rapidly in the summer heat._
   - _Constant interruptions were spoiling the careful mood she had built._

## Noun

2. The seizing of property by force, as armies engage in plunder or pillage during war or conquest.
   - Simple: The act of robbing and taking goods by force, often during a war.
   - _The invaders' spoiling of the countryside left villages stripped bare._
   - _Reports of widespread spoiling followed the city's fall._

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