despoils
Ravages and loots
Despoils means strips of possessions, plunders, or ravages.
The word appears most often in literary or historical contexts describing conquest and looting: The invading army despoiled the countryside.
To despoil is to take by force what belongs to others, leaving ruin behind.
Violent theft of goods
- ravageCause severe destruction
- ransackPlunder while destroying
- sackRough fabric bag
- maraudRaid for spoils
raid · loot · strip · depredation · spoliation · reave · foray · harass
Stolen valuables, especially treasure
- plunderGoods seized violently
- lootStolen valuables
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
- haulPull or carry laboriously
swag · valuables · riches · takings · stolen goods · tribute · bounty
Complete destruction or collapse
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- ravageCause severe destruction
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- desolationState of complete emptiness
blight · defacement · degradation · desecration · laying waste · scarring · gutting · ruination
Forcing into submission
- dominationSupreme authority held
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
imperialism · vanquishment · overthrow · hegemony · expansionism · conqueror · invader · oppressor
pillage
Violent theft of goods
maraud · raid · loot · strip · depredation · spoliation · reave · foray · harass · fleece
booty
Stolen valuables, especially treasure
haul · swag · valuables · riches · takings · stolen goods · tribute · bounty
ruin
Complete destruction or collapse
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- ravageCause severe destruction
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
desolation · blight · defacement · degradation · desecration · laying waste · scarring · gutting · ruination · obliteration
subjugation
Forcing into submission
- dominationSupreme authority held
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
annexation · imperialism · vanquishment · overthrow · hegemony · expansionism · conqueror · invader · oppressor