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S — Spelling-book to Sport (Part 11 of 12)

    5. Corruption, ruin, destruction.

Spoiler, n.

    1. Plunderer, robber, pillager.
    2. Destroyer, corrupter.

Spoken, a. Oral, parole, nuncupative, nuncupatory.

Spokesman, n. Speaker, prolocutor.

Spoliate, v. a. Rob, plunder, spoil, despoil, destroy, pillage.

Spoliation, n.

    1. Robbery, destruction, deprivation, despoliation.
    2. Robbery, pillage, plundering, rapine, devastation, destruction.

Sponge, v. a.

    1. Wipe (with a sponge), cleanse.
    2. Efface, obliterate, wipe out, expunge, rub out.
    3. Drain, squeeze, plunder.

Sponger, n. Parasite, hanger-on.

Spongy, a.

    1. Porous, spongeous.
    2. Wet, rainy, showery.
    3. Drenched, saturated, soaked, wet.
    4. Bibulous, absorbent.

Sponsor, n.

    1. Surety.