despoiled
Stripped of valuables
Despoiled means stripped of possessions, plundered, or ravaged.
The word carries a sense of violent or thorough taking—not just theft but devastation: The invaders despoiled the countryside, a despoiled temple.
It appears most often in literary or historical contexts describing conquest, looting, or the ruination of something once valuable or sacred.
Stolen from, especially violently
- pillagedRobbed through violence
- ransackedSearched destructively for valuables
- sackedDismissed from a job
- strippedHad coverings removed
ravaged · marauded · raided · seized · confiscated · dispossessed · expropriated · laid waste
looted
Stolen from, especially violently
- pillagedRobbed through violence
- ransackedSearched destructively for valuables
- sackedDismissed from a job
stripped · ravaged · marauded · raided · seized · confiscated · dispossessed · expropriated · laid waste · overrun
devastated
Overwhelmed by grief
blighted · desolated · wasted · defaced · degraded · corrupted · tainted · defiled · violated · profaned
- destroyeddestroyed, demolished, annihilated, obliterated, decimated
despoiledpreserved
Kept from deterioration
intact · undespoiled · unspoiled · protected · conserved
despoiledunsullied
Not made impure
pristine · immaculate · impeccable · unblemished · pure